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Re: T for Transpose

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  • Subject: [mg41693] Re: T for Transpose
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 06:07:41 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: The University of Western Australia
  • References: <bb4uib$42o$1@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <bb4uib$42o$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 wself at msubillings.edu (Will Self) wrote:

> My student wants to use the basic input palette to enter a matrix, and
> then wants to use CONTROL-6 T to put the exponent T on the matrix,
> indicating a transpose.  Is there a way to coerce Mathematica to
> interpret this as the transpose of a matrix and return the appropriate
> result?

If you use 

   Cell | Default Input FormatType | TraditionalForm

then an exponent of T attached to a matrix causes Mathematica to 
interpret this as transpose.

And, if you use 

   Cell | Default Output FormatType | TraditionalForm

then the matrix is automatically displayed as a matrix.

Cheers,
Paul

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