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Need help setting up a list of equations using "matrix notation"

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  • Subject: Need help setting up a list of equations using "matrix notation"
  • From: jmm at umich.edu
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jul 1994 13:25:52 -0700 (PDT)

I am trying to set up a model to solve a system of equations.  There are three
different types of equations.  For clarity and generality I want to express
each equation type in "matrix notation", that is, as x == y, where x and y are
both column vectors.  Thus, I think I want to represent the following

	{ {x1 == y1}, {x2 == y2}, . . . , {xn == yn}}

in compact matrix notation.

I am not succeeding. When I try to put together the 3 sets of equations (say,
to feed to FindRoot), I am getting a mess.  Here is a sample of how I try it.
(rho and dL are 2x1 vectors; mu is 3x1; dZ is 3x2.  Through the magic of
Mathematica's matrix algebra, Dot[mu,dZ] or mu . dZ is 2x1)


In[140]:=
prices = rho - (gamma * (1 + dL) +
	(mu . dZ)) == ZeroMatrix[2,1]

Out[140]=
              -200 + g1   -2200 + g2     mu1   mu2
{-(gamma (1 + --------- + ----------)) - --- + --- +
                18750       37500         3     3

    2 mu3
    ----- + rho1, -(gamma
      3

            -200 + g1   -2200 + g2     mu1   2 mu2
       (1 + --------- + ----------)) + --- + ----- +
              37500       18750         3      3

    mu3
    --- + rho2} == {{0}, {0}}
     3

So, if x and y are 2x1 vectors, I am basically get the following list:

	{{x1,x2} == {y1,y2}}		(type A)

When I need something in the form

	{{x1 == y1}, {x2 == y2}}.        (type B)

Obviously, I am not a wizard at list processing.  Can someone point me towards
a clean, elegant way to set up this vector of equations so that I can still
use matrix notation and end up with an equation list (of type B) that I can
combine with another equation list?  (Alternative, a way to combine two lists
of type A to make a single list that FindRoot would be happy with?)


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Prof. Jeff MacKie-Mason	                
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