% iterates Leslie matrix n_zero=[10 100 500]' ; A=[0 1 5 ; .5 0 0 ; 0 .25 0 ]; Tmax=200; n_vs_t=zeros(3,Tmax); n_vs_t(:,1)=n_zero ; for t=2:Tmax; n_vs_t(:,t)=A*n_vs_t(:,t-1) ; end figure set(gca,'FontSize',20) plot(1:Tmax,n_vs_t','.-','MarkerSize',14) xlabel('t','FontSize',20) ylabel('n','FontSize',20) figure set(gca,'FontSize',20) plot(1:Tmax,log(n_vs_t'),'.-','MarkerSize',14) xlabel('t','FontSize',20) ylabel('log(n)','FontSize',20) eig(A)