Re: Row vs. Column Vectors (or Matrices)
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- Subject: [mg33937] Re: [mg33908] Row vs. Column Vectors (or Matrices)
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:14:49 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Monday, April 22, 2002, at 12:57 AM, John Resler wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to Mathematica and am doing a little linear algebra. I am
> aware of the MatrixForm[m]
> function but I know of no way to create a row vector eg. [ 1.0 2.0 3.0
> ] * [ 1.0
>
> 2.0
>
> 3.0].
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks ahead of time.
>
Mathematica doesn't distinguish between a vector and a 1 by n matrix,
but there is no similar shorthand for a nx1 matrix so enter it using two
levels ie. {{1},{2},{3}}, MatrixForm will then give you your desired
results.
Regards,
Ssezi