Re: Complex Matrices
- Subject: [mg2436] Re: Complex Matrices
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 04:42:56 GMT
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In article <47hh8n$dcl at ralph.vnet.net>, David A Boyd
<dab8g at kelvin.seas.virginia.edu> wrote:
> Here is my problem: I have a matrix, M , with complex elements, and I want
> to find M*.M. If I try Conjugate[ M ].M. or Conjugate[ M[[1,1]] ] M[[1,1]],
> Mathematica will not expand the answer.That is to say instead of having
> all of the I's replaced with -I's, I just get back Conjugate[ M ].M. even
> if I try Expand[]. Which is not a lot of help.
>
>
> david
The problem is, probably, that Mathematica does not know if
teh other symbols in your matrix are real or complex.
ComplexExpand forces Mathematica to treat all variables as
real.
In[1]:=
m = {{a + I b, c + I d},{e + I f, g + I h}}
Out[1]=
{{a + I b, c + I d}, {e + I f, g + I h}}
In[2]:=
Conjugate[ m ]
Out[2]=
{{Conjugate[a + I b], Conjugate[c + I d]},
{Conjugate[e + I f], Conjugate[g + I h]}}
In[3]:=
ComplexExpand[ %]
Out[3]=
{{a - I b, c - I d}, {e - I f, g - I h}}
In[4]:=
?ComplexExpand
ComplexExpand[expr] expands expr assuming that all variables
are real. ComplexExpand[expr, {x1, x2, ...}] expands expr
assuming that variables matching any of the xi are
complex.
I hope this helps.
--Ian