RE: symbolic matrix inverse
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- Subject: [mg94159] RE: [mg94126] symbolic matrix inverse
- From: "Jose Luis Gomez" <jose.luis.gomez at itesm.mx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 06:14:01 -0500 (EST)
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Interesting question, I do Not know if it is possible (or practical) to do it with the built-in command Inverse, I believe that command was made for working with matrices of Complex numbers, maybe it would be better to create your own program in Mathematica for this kind of calculations. In order to create this program, you could use an approach similar to the one shown in this part of the documentation: http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/AnExampleDefiningYourOwnIn tegrationFunction.html Here I have another version of the "Defining your own Integration Function" in Spanish. Even if you do Not understand Spanish, the step-by-step approach might be useful for you: http://homepage.cem.itesm.mx/jose.luis.gomez/global/50aprendiendoaintegrar/5 0aprendiendoaintegrar.html Finally, if the noncommutativity you are working with has some relationship with Quantum Mechanics and/or Hilbert spaces, you might consider using our Quantum Mathematica Add-on for your calculations: http://homepage.cem.itesm.mx/lgomez/quantum/ Hope that helps Jose Mexico -----Mensaje original----- De: Steven Allmaras [mailto:steven.r.allmaras at boeing.com] Enviado el: Viernes, 05 de Diciembre de 2008 04:33 Para: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Asunto: [mg94126] symbolic matrix inverse I have a symbolic matrix {{a,b},{c,d}} whose elements are themselves matrices. The elements are noncommutative (e.g., a.b != b.a), and just for simplicity assume each element is a n-by-n square matrix of reals. How do I get Mathematica to evaluate Inverse[{{a,b},{c,d}}] in terms of Dot and Inverse, rather than Times and Divide? I'm hoping to get something that looks like, [[1,1]] = Inverse[a] + Inverse[a].b.Inverse[d - c.Inverse[a].b].c.Inverse[a] Thanks, Steve
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- From: Steven Allmaras <steven.r.allmaras@boeing.com>
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