Re: *Matrix witihn matrix*
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Re: *Matrix witihn matrix*
- From: rubin at msu.edu (Paul A. Rubin)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 11:33:15 EDT
>I have a matrix containing sub-matrices which I wish to combine.
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>I have implemented this as:
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>CatMatrix[a_,b_,c_,d_]:=Block[{t1},
>t1=Length[a];Join[Table[Flatten[{a[[i]],b[[i]]}],
>{i,1,t1}],Table[Flatten[{c[[i]],d[[i]]}],
>{i,1,t1}]]].
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>So that:
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>a={{a11,a12,a13},{a21,a22,a23},{a31,a32,a33}};
>b={{b11,b12,b13},{b21,b22,b23},{b31,b32,b33}};
>c={{c11,c12,c13},{c21,c22,c23},{c31,c32,c33}};
>d={{d11,d12,d13},{d21,d22,d23},{d31,d32,d33}};
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>{a,b,c,d}----->
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>{{a11, a12, a13, b11, b12, b13}, {a21, a22, a23, b21, b22, b23},
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> {a31, a32, a33, b31, b32, b33},
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> {c11, c12, c13, d11, d12, d13},
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> {c21, c22, c23, d21, d22, d23}, {c31, c32, c33, d31, d32, d33}}
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>Does anyone know of a simplier implementation?
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Transpose[ Join[ Transpose[ Join[ a, c ] ], Transpose[ Join[ b, d ] ] ] ]
(It may not be "simpler" but it's a one-liner.)
Paul
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