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Given a Hurwitz matrix $\mathrm A \in \mathbb R^{n \times n}$, let

$$\Phi (t) := \exp(\mathrm A t)$$

be the state transition matrix, and let its $(i,j)$-th entry be denoted by

$$\varphi_{ij} (t) := \mathrm e_i^{\top} \Phi (t) \, \mathrm e_j$$

Hence,

$$\begin{array}{rl } \displaystyle\int_0^{\infty} \left( \varphi_{ij} (t) \right)^2 \, \mathrm d t &= \displaystyle\int_0^{\infty} \left( \mathrm e_i^{\top} \Phi (t) \, \mathrm e_j \right)^2 \, \mathrm d t\\\\ &= \displaystyle\int_0^{\infty} \mathrm e_i^{\top} \Phi (t) \, \mathrm e_j \mathrm e_j^{\top} \Phi^{\top} (t) \, \mathrm e_i \, \mathrm d t\\\\ &= \mathrm e_i^{\top} \underbrace{\left( \displaystyle\int_0^{\infty} \Phi (t) \, \mathrm e_j \mathrm e_j^{\top} \Phi^{\top} (t) \, \mathrm d t \right)}_{=: \mathrm W_c} \mathrm e_i = \mathrm e_i^{\top} \mathrm W_c \mathrm e_i\end{array}$$

where $\mathrm W_c$ is the controllability Gramian of the pair $(\mathrm A, \mathrm e_j)$ and is the solution to the following controllability Lyapunov equation

$$\boxed{\mathrm A \mathrm W_c + \mathrm W_c \mathrm A^{\top} + \mathrm e_j \mathrm e_j^{\top} = \mathrm O_n}$$

Thus, the $n$ columns of the integral of the entrywise product

$$\int_0^{\infty} \left( \Phi (t) \circ \Phi (t) \right) \mathrm d t$$

are the diagonals of $\mathrm W_c^{(1)}, \mathrm W_c^{(2)}, \dots, \mathrm W_c^{(n)}$, where $\mathrm W_c^{(1)}, \mathrm W_c^{(2)}, \dots, \mathrm W_c^{(n)}$ are the solutions to the following $n$ controllability Lyapunov equations

$$\begin{array}{rl} \mathrm A \mathrm W_c^{(1)} + \mathrm W_c^{(1)} \mathrm A^{\top} + \mathrm e_1 \mathrm e_1^{\top} &= \mathrm O_n\\ \mathrm A \mathrm W_c^{(2)} + \mathrm W_c^{(2)} \mathrm A^{\top} + \mathrm e_2 \mathrm e_2^{\top} &= \mathrm O_n\\ &\vdots\\ \mathrm A \mathrm W_c^{(n)} + \mathrm W_c^{(n)} \mathrm A^{\top} + \mathrm e_n \mathrm e_n^{\top} &= \mathrm O_n\end{array}$$