Non Commutative Multiply
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- From: Rodrigo AP <digorna at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 02:09:06 -0500 (EST)
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Dear group, I want to multiply two matrices, for example, A = {{e, f}, {g, h}} B = {{a, b}, {c, d}} Using A.B, Mathematica returns {{a e + b g, a f + b h}, {c e + d g, c f + d h}} I would like to get, however, the following result: {{e a + f c, e b + f d}, {g a + h c, g b + h d}} since, for me, the entries {a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h} are operators, i.e., they are non-commutative. I could solve this problem clearing the attribute "Orderless" in the built-in function Times: ClearAttributes[Times, Orderless] I know, however, this can be dangerous. I tried to define a function Times2[a_,b_]:=Times[a,b] and then use ClearAttributes[Times2, Orderless] but it doesn't work. How could I solve this problem? Thanks in advance Rodrigo
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