Power of a Jordan block

A Jordan block of size k with eigenvalue λ:

Jk(λ)=λI+N,Nk=0

General formula:

Jk(λ)m=∑r=0k−1(mr)λm−rNr

Entrywise:

(Jk(λ)m)ij={(mj−i)λm−(j−i)if i≤j,0if i>j

Particular cases:

Size 2

J2(λ)m=(λmmλm−10λm)

Size 3

J3(λ)m=(λmmλm−1(m2)λm−20λmmλm−100λm)

Size 4

J4(λ)m=(λmmλm−1(m2)λm−2(m3)λm−30λmmλm−1(m2)λm−200λmmλm−1000λm)