Re: matrix operations
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- Subject: [mg48419] Re: matrix operations
- From: Erich Neuwirth <erich.neuwirth at univie.ac.at>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 03:06:39 -0400 (EDT)
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DiffMat[n_, k_] := Table[KroneckerDelta[i, j - 1] -
KroneckerDelta[i, j], {i, 1, n - 1}, {j, 1, k}]
mat = Array[x, {4, 4}]
DiffMat[4,4].mat
is a linear algebra way of doing it.
David Park wrote:
> Paolo,
>
> The wonders of functional programming! Here's an example.
>
> mat = Array[x, {4, 4}]
>
> Partition[mat, 2, 1]
> (answer = #2 - #1 & @@@ %) // MatrixForm
>
> @@@ is the Apply function, mapped onto the first level of mat. #2 - #1& is a
> pure function that subtracts the second argument from the first argument.
>
> David Park
> djmp at earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paolo tarpanelli [mailto:tarpanelli at libero.it]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg48419] matrix operations
>
>
> If I have a matrix
>
> a={x[[1,1]],x[[1,2]],...,x[[1,n]]}
> {x[[2,1]],x[[2,2]],...,x[[2,n]]}
> .
> .
> .
> {x[[m,1]],x[[m,2]],...,x[[m,n]]}
>
> how can I compute the difference between any element and the previous for
> each column :
>
> aa={x[[2,1]]-x[[1,1]], x[[2,2]]-x[[1,2]],...,x[[2,n]]-x[[1,n]]}
> {x[[3,1]]-x[[2,1]], x[[3,2]]-x[[2,2]],...,x[[3,n]]-x[[2,n]]}
> .
> .
> .
> {x[[m,1]]-x[[m-1,1]],x[[m,2]]-x[[m-1,2]],...,x[[m,n]]-x[[m-1,n]]}
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
>
> I built this code but it does not work
>
> r=Array[0,{m,n}]
> For[j=1,j=n,j++
> r[[i,j]]=Table[a[[i+1,j]]-a[[i,j]],{i,1,m-1,1}]]
>
> thanks
>
> Paolo
>
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>
>