TensorRank
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg8977] TensorRank
- From: Julian Stoev <stoev at SPAM-RE-MO-VER-usa.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 03:35:24 -0400
- Organization: Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Dear Group, I am not 100% sure, but I am using TensorRank as a function to determine a rank of a matrix. The folowing result is surprising for me. The determinant<>0, but rank is defficient. Am I wrong to use TensorRank in this way? Thank you! In[1]:= cm={{0, 0, 0, 1/j}, {0, 0, -(1/j), 0}, {0, k/(i*j), 0, -(k/j^2)}, {-(k/(i*j)), 0, k/j^2, 0}} TensorRank[cm] Det[cm] Out[1]= 1 1 k k k k {{0, 0, 0, -}, {0, 0, -(-), 0}, {0, ---, 0, -(--)}, {-(---), 0, --, 0}} j j i j 2 i j 2 j j Out[2]= 2 Out[3]= 2 k ----- 2 4 i j -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Julian Stoev <j.h.stoev at ieee.org> - Ph. D. Student Intelligent Information Processing Lab. - Seoul National University, Korea Work: 872-7283, Home: 880-4191 - http://poboxes.com/stoev !!!!! Use REPLY-TO: or remove "SPAMREMOVER" in my address