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Victor Protsak
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Matrices whose exponential is stochastic

The complex matrix exponential of a Hermitian matrix is unitary: $e^{-iH} = U$. Is there a name or a characterization for matrices Q whose real exponential is stochastic: $e^{-Q} = S$?

Mike Stay
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