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Re: Why does Inverse[M] hesitate?

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  • Subject: [mg54390] Re: Why does Inverse[M] hesitate?
  • From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:07:49 -0500 (EST)
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Skirmantas wrote:
> The Inverse function sometimes calculates the inverse of a matrix
> immediately, sometimes it does not. Try this example in Mathematica
> 5.1:
> 
> A={{(1-g)-1,1},{-w P(1-g)/C,-1}}//MatrixForm
> B={{0},{-P(w+1)}}//MatrixForm
> 
> I get 
> Out: Inverse[(expanded A)].(expanded B)
> 
> If I do just 
> A={{a,b},{c,d}}
> B={{e},{f}}
> Inverse[A].B 
> 
> I get the final correct result. 
> 
If you write A= <some matrix expression> //MatrixForm it displays 
beautifully, but the expression assigned to A actually contains the 
MatrixForm! You can check this by looking at FullForm[A].

You should write A=<some matrix expression>;
A//MatrixForm

That way the expression containing the MatrixForm gets discarded.

BTW - This example just goes to show how useful it is to include ACTUAL 
CODE with a query!

David Bailey
dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk


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