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Re: Block diagonal systems

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  • Subject: [mg13600] Re: Block diagonal systems
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 03:08:05 -0400
  • Organization: University of Western Australia
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Rolf Mertig wrote:

> One possibility is:
> 
> In[1]:= BlockDiagonalMatrix[mat_List /;
>      And @@ (MatchQ[Dimensions[#1], {_, _}] & ) /@ mat, fillit_:0] :=
>    Module[{b = {0,0}, f, m}, f[{x_,y_}][e_, {r_, s_}] :=
>       Set @@ {m[r + x, s + y], e};
>      Do[MapIndexed[f[b], mat[[i]], 2]; b+= Dimensions[mat[[i]]],
>       {i, Length[mat]}]; Array[m, b] /. m[_, _] -> fillit];

Nice solution. As a slight improvement, you can replace

  mat_List /; And @@ (MatchQ[Dimensions[#1], {_, _}] & ) /@ mat

with

  mat:{_?MatrixQ..}

Cheers,
	Paul 

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