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Re: Transpose matrix does not work when MatrixForm is used, why?

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• Subject: [mg45192] Re: [mg45177] Transpose matrix does not work when MatrixForm is used, why?
• From: Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at misspelled.erthlink.net>
• Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 05:55:57 -0500 (EST)
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Here's the trick: Put parentheses around the assignment and put 
//MatrixForm outside.

(m = { {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6} } )// MatrixForm

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Selwyn Hollis
http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis


On Dec 19, 2003, at 6:57 AM, steve_H wrote:

> hello
>
> Mathematica 5.0
>
> m = { {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6} } // MatrixForm
> Transpose[m]
>
> this just does nothing. it simply prints back what I typed with
> m in MatrixForm but does not actually do the transpose.
>
> But when I do
>
> m = { {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6} }
> Transpose[m]
>
>
> it works.
>
> It seems that the function Transpose does not like to accept a
> list in 'MatrixForm' ?
>
> I use a MatrixForm to see the matrix better. Does this mean one have
> to removed the MatrixForm each time before calling Transpose?
>
>

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