Symbolic matrix algebra
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- Subject: [mg45438] Symbolic matrix algebra
- From: "mike.james" <mike.james at infomax.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:31:02 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
This is a very silly question and I have checked the archives for anything relevant - I must just be searching on the wrong keywords. All I want to do is some simple matrix algebra. I want to type in (A+B)^2 and have it expanded taking account of the fact that A and B are matrices. I want to use transpose, inverse and apply conditions such as the matrix is symmetric etc? I've tried non-commutive multiply and a few other tricks. I can see that I could write a package but surely there must be one or a built in solution I'm missing? mikej