Vector multiplication??
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Vector multiplication??
- From: William M. MacDonald <mcdonald at fafner.umd.edu>
- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 92 15:45:56 -0500
The following was not sent to this group but may be of general interest so I am sending it. To: "Katherine (Williams) Derbyshire" <kewms at kew.com> Subject: Re: Vector multiplication?? Regarding A^2 where A is a vector. There is a very powerful element-by-element processing built into Mathematica that makes it unnecessary to write explicit DO loops for many things. If A and B are vectors of the same length then 1. A^2 gives the list of the elements squared, A[i]^2; 2. A*B gives the list with elements A[i]*B[i] 3. A + B gives the list with elements A[i]+B[i]; 4. A^B is the list with elements A[i]^B[i]; 5. A/B is the list with elements A[i]/B[i]. Also if one defines n=Range[0,10] then x^n is the list {1,x,x^2,x^3,...,x^10} All this is very obvious to anyone who knows APL, so its just a matter of learning the language.