Re: How to mutiply a 3x1 and 1x3 vector
- Subject: [mg3092] Re: How to mutiply a 3x1 and 1x3 vector
- From: wagner at bullwinkle.cs.Colorado.EDU (Dave Wagner)
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 04:08:38 -0600
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In article <4ekes6$6gj at dragonfly.wri.com>,
Stephen Nichols <snichols at onramp.net> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I have another question that I thought would be simple to to in Mathematica.
>I have two vectors A={1,2,3} and B={3,4,5}. How do I multiple them together
>to get a 3x3 matrix. A . B gives me a scalar result. Mma seems to always
>treat the first one as a row vector and the second as a column vector. I
>need it to do the opposite. Treat the first as a column vector and the second
>as a row vector. Any ideas?
Express your column vector as a 3x1 matrix, and your row vector as
a 1x3 matrix:
In[1]:=
{{1},{2},{3}}.{{3,4,5}}
Out[1]=
{{3, 4, 5}, {6, 8, 10}, {9, 12, 15}}
Dave Wagner
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