Re: Matrix inverse not evaluating
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- Subject: [mg41649] Re: Matrix inverse not evaluating
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <luttrell at _removemefirst_westmal.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:14:33 -0400 (EDT)
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Maybe you are wrapping your output in MatrixForm, in which case you would
get the symptoms you describe.
This works:
m = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}}
Inverse[m]
This does NOT work:
m1 = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}}//MatrixForm
Inverse[m1]
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Steve Luttrell
West Malvern, UK
"Gregory Lypny" <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:bb1u85$9di$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Yet another newbie question: I have a 3x3 matrix called V, filled with
> numbers, whose output displays correctly. However, when I enter
> Inverse[V] the output displayed is not the answer but the word Inverse
> followed by the the argument matrix as Inverse[(elements of V)]. What
> am I doing wrong? Gregory
>