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Element-by-element Matrix Multiplication

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg30070] Element-by-element Matrix Multiplication
• From: "Mark Coleman" <mcoleman at bondspace.com>
• Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:20:05 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: BondSpace, Inc.
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Greetings,

I'm searching for an efficient way to calculate and element-by-element
matrix multiplication for non-square matrices such that when I pass the
module an integer 'k', it multplies the matrix by itself 'k' times. For
instance, if k=25, then

     matMult[k,X] multiplies X*X*X..... 25 times.


Note that this problem comes about in calculating k-step Marvok transition
matrices. For my application, this function call is embedded in a Monte
Carlo simulation, so efficiency is important. The methods I've used to date
seem "too slow" and I was hoping that some of the Mathematica gurus on this list
might offer me suggestions on speeding things up.

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Best regards,

Mark