Re: Extract any diagonal from a square matrix...
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- Subject: [mg66286] Re: Extract any diagonal from a square matrix...
- From: "Ray Koopman" <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 00:46:01 -0400 (EDT)
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hawkmoon269 wrote:
> Trying to put a function together that extracts any one of the
> diagonals from a square matrix. Right now I have this --
>
> DiagonalT[a_List, d_Integer] :=
> Tr[Take[Which[Positive[d], a, Negative[d], Transpose[a]],
> {1, Length[a] - Abs[d] + 1}, {Abs[d], Length[a]}], List]
>
> This works, but I thought there might be something less cumbersome.
> Essentially, the function constructs a submatrix of the matrix so that
> the requested diagonal from the matrix becomes the main diagonal of the
> submatrix, which is then retrieved. D is the diagonal to retrieve,
> where d =
>
> 3 -- 2nd superdiagonal
> 2 -- 1st superdiagonal
> 1 -- main diagonal
> -2 -- 1st subdiagonal
> -3 -- 2nd subdiagonal
>
> etc...
>
> Some other things I've considered --
>
> ...rotating the elements of each row until column 1 becomes the
> requested diagonal;
> ...dropping elements from each row until the first or last element in
> each row becomes the next element in the requested diagonal;
> ...flattening the matrix and then using Range and Part to retrieve the
> requested diagonal.
>
> Any thoughts...?
>
> h
This follows your basic approach, but with two changes:
1. The method of specifying the diagonal is:
e = 2 -- 2nd superdiagonal
1 -- 1st superdiagonal
0 -- main diagonal
-1 -- 1st subdiagonal
-2 -- 2nd subdiagonal
etc...
2. The matrix can be rectangular.
For superdiagonals, drop the first e columns.
For subdiagonals, drop the first -e rows.
Tr can take it from there.
takediag[a_?MatrixQ, 0] := Tr[a, List]
takediag[a_?MatrixQ, e_Integer?Positive]/; e < Length@a[[1]] :=
Tr[Drop[#,e]&/@a], List]
takediag[a_?MatrixQ, e_Integer?Negative]/; -e < Length@a :=
Tr[Drop[a,-e], List]