Re: MatrixPower problem
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- Subject: [mg124111] Re: MatrixPower problem
- From: per at RQNNE.invalid (Per Rønne)
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 03:19:14 -0500 (EST)
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Ralph Dratman <ralph.dratman at gmail.com> wrote: > MatrixForm, as well as Column, Row, TableForm, and some others, are > really only for display. Their output cannot be calculated with, or at > least not in the same way as the original matrix. > > I do think that should be mentioned more prominently in the Wolfram > documentation. So do I. Being a computer science major it surprises me. > One other point: don't create a capitalized variable name like "P". As mentioned in another reply in this thread (which by now seem to have broken into two pieces), it is meant for a Linear Algebra assignment at college. I have returned to school again to get a further degree in Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics. And the college teacher has given the matrix the name 'P'. -- Per Erik Rønne http://www.RQNNE.dk Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe
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