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Re: Dealing with submatrices

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  • Subject: [mg18134] Re: Dealing with submatrices
  • From: Guilherme Roschke <gr at network3.entropy.upenn.edu>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:51:40 -0400
  • Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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Chris Hall wrote:
> 
> I want to construct a 9x9 matrix using 9 existing 3x3 matrices:
> M = { {m11, m12, m13}, {m21, m22, m23}, {m31, m32, m33}}
> 
> The problem is that this creates a too-deep nested list and I can't
> figure out how
> to make it a 9x9.  Flatten doesn't appear to be the right tool.

	Try the BlockMatrix[...] command in the
LinearAlgebra`MatrixManipulation` package.  Its one of the standard add
ons.
	Basically:

	<<LinearAlgebra`MatrixManipulation`

	M=BlockMatrix[{{m11,m12,m13},{m21,m22,m23},{m31,m32,m33}}] //MatrixForm

	where mij are 3X3 matrices.



 
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