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[?] Compare these to matrix operations?

Posted 6 years ago

Consider the following code:

Inverse[{{1,-1},{0,1}}]*{{3,1},{0,2}}^2*{{1,-1},{0,1}}
{{1,1},{0,1}}*{{3,1},{0,2}}^2*{{1,-1},{0,1}}

hello i'm a little bit curious, why the two sentences above give me two different answers .. ? ( notice: Inverse[{{1,-1},{0,1}}] = {{1,1},{0,1}} )

Thanks

POSTED BY: Yujia Huang
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Posted 6 years ago

I mean, in Matlab we can just easily use * and .* to make matrix multiplication and element multiplication..

like ..

a=[1,2;3,4];
b=[5,6;7,8];

a*b
a.*b

ans =

19    22
43    50

ans =

 5    12
21    32

And here it makes it...

POSTED BY: Yujia Huang

As it happens, one can similarly use * and . in the Wolfram Language to do Hadamard and ordinary matrix multiplication respectively.

POSTED BY: Daniel Lichtblau

Plus, Times and Power have the Attribute Listable. That means they operate on the elements of a list (or matrix). So your last example is obtained by

a = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}};
b = {{5, 6}, {7, 8}};
a*b

Out[9]= {{5, 12}, {21, 32}}

But your

In[10]:= {{1, 1}, {0, 1}} * {{3, 1}, {0, 2}}^2 * {{1, -1}, {0, 1}}

Out[10]= {{9, -1}, {0, 4}}

is different fron the correct result

In[11]:= {{1, 1}, {0, 1}}.MatrixPower[{{3, 1}, {0, 2}}, 2].{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}

Out[11]= {{9, 0}, {0, 4}}

And even if you meant to square the elements of the inner matrix the result is still different. So you should well define what you really want to do.

In[14]:= {{1, 1}, {0, 1}}.({{3, 1}, {0, 2}}^2 ) .{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}

Out[14]= {{9, -4}, {0, 4}}
POSTED BY: Hans Dolhaine
Posted 6 years ago

Thanks a lot.

POSTED BY: Yujia Huang

Multiplication of matrices need Dot:

Inverse[{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}].{{3, 1}, {0, 2}}.{{3, 1}, {0, 2}}.{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}
{{1, 1}, {0, 1}}.{{3, 1}, {0, 2}}.{{3, 1}, {0, 2}}.{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}

And matrix^2 doesn't give matrix . matrix

Here you must use MatrixPower

Inverse[{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}].MatrixPower[{{3, 1}, {0, 2}}, 2].{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}

{{1, 1}, {0, 1}}.MatrixPower[{{3, 1}, {0, 2}}, 2].{{1, -1}, {0, 1}}

Look at

{{a, b}, {c, d}}^2
MatrixPower[{{a, b}, {c, d}}, 2]
POSTED BY: Hans Dolhaine
Posted 6 years ago

Hello... Thank you...

But in this way ... how can i calculate the result with matrix point multiplication which works on an element by element basis ?

for example .. A={{1,1},{0,1}}, and i wana get B={{1^2,1^2},{0,1^2}} , or maybe C={{1^3,1^3},{0,1^3}} ... and another example, A={{1,2},{3,4}}, B={{5,6},{7,8}}, and how can i get A.*B={{5,12},{21,32}} ...

In addition ... why can i use the following line and get the correct answer ...? ( Here i didn't use the point . to make multiplication. )

{{1,1},{0,1}}*{{3,1},{0,2}}^2*{{1,-1},{0,1}}
POSTED BY: Yujia Huang
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