RE: options Transpose[] ?
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- Subject: [mg49056] RE: [mg48977] options Transpose[] ?
- From: "Wolf, Hartmut" <Hartmut.Wolf at t-systems.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:50:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>-----Original Message----- >From: Petr Kujan [mailto:kujanp at fel.cvut.cz] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:52 PM >To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >Subject: [mg49056] [mg48977] options Transpose[] ? > > >Hello Mathematica User Group. > >If I have an multidimensional array A: > >In[1] := > A = Array[Random[]&, dims = {3,2,4}] > >Than I expect that dimension of transposed A with options per >= {3,1,2} >is equal {4,3,2} === dims[[per]] , but it is not equal! > >Dimensions of transposed A with options per = {3,1,2} is: >{2,4,3}. > >In[2] := > Dimensions[Transpose[A, per = {3, 1, 2}]] > dims[[per]] > >It' s correct or it's bug? >How can I get the same dimensions? > >(*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*) >This is a code for other possible options per in Transpose[A,per] and >tests if it's equal dims[[per]]: > >In[3] := >d = Length[dims]; >Dimensions[Transpose[A, #]] == dims[[#]]& /@ Permutations[Range[d]] > >I require all elements in True! >(*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*) > > > > >Thanks a lot, > Petr > > Petr, we have to carefully read the definition (Help > Transpose): "Transpose[list,{n1, n2, ...}] transposes list so that the k-th level in list is the nk-th level in the result." This means for Transpose[A, per = {3, 1, 2}] In[3]:= Dimensions[A] Out[3]= {3, 2, 4} The first dimension of A (i.e. 3) becomes the third dimension of the transposed (_, _, 3) The second dimension of A (i.e. 2) becomes the first dimension of the transposed (2, _, 3) The third dimension of A (i.e. 4) becomes the second dimension of the transposed (2, 4, 3) Indeed: In[5]:= Dimensions[Transpose[A, per = {3, 1, 2}]] Out[5]= {2, 4, 3} Such the relationship is just the other way around than you supposed: In[12]:= Dimensions[Transpose[A, per]][[per]] === Dimensions[A] Out[12]= True Or, if you like, expressed as In[10]:= << DiscreteMath`Combinatorica` In[13]:= Dimensions[Transpose[A, per]] === Dimensions[A][[InversePermutation[per]]] Out[13]= True -- Hartmut Wolf