Question: The Physics package and powers of Arrays

For an Array A, say, and some positive integer n, say, Maple interpretes A^n as raising each entry separately to the same power n. Without the Physics package loaded, A^n can also be written as A . A . ... . A (n times). But with the Physics package loaded, this equality is broken (at least in Maple 2017): If A is a 2D square Array, A . A all of a sudden is no longer equal to A^2, but rather to convert(A,Matrix)^2, i.e., to the square of the Array considered as a Matrix. The presence of the dot operator seems to make the Physics enviroment convert A to a Matrix. This seems to me to be a bug.

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