How can I write code that multiplies one transition matrices by the different products of two matrixes?

I am working on a problem where I need to multiply two matrices:

group1_transition*group1_distribution

I would like to multiply the product of this matrix by the group1_transition again, and then repeat this 4 more times. Each time I want to multiply the product of the multiplication by group1_transition again. In other words how can I simplify the following into simple code:

n = group1_transition*group1_distribution

x = n*group1_transition

b = x*group1_transition

k = b*group1_transition

g = k*group1_transition

[madhan ravi]

Doesn’t your latter code work? If not why?

[ag..]

yes it does but I need a simpler way to code it

Answer 1

[A. Sawas]

You can use the power ^ operator:

g = group1_transition*group1_distribution*(group1_transition^4);