Re: Normally Distributed Random Matrix
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- Subject: [mg77579] Re: Normally Distributed Random Matrix
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:33:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <f4lb7t$g0e$1@smc.vnet.net>
amitsoni.1984 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to create a normally distributed random matrix in Mathematica.
> I'm using the following code in Mathematica 5.2:
>
> ------------- code -----------------------------
> << Statistics`NormalDistribution`
> n = 500;
> A = RandomArray[NormalDistribution[], {n, n}]
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> But it is not working even though it worked when I did it earlier on
> Linux. When I enter A it just gives:
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> A
> RandomArray[NormalDistribution[], {500, 500}]
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Thank you,
> Amit
It looks like the package has not been loaded correctly or that the
definition is hidden for some reason. Having loaded the package,
evaluate ?NormalDistribution : you must get a help message; otherwise
something is wrong with the installed package. For instance,
In[1]:=
$Version
<< "Statistics`NormalDistribution`"
?NormalDistribution
n = 500;
Timing[A = RandomArray[NormalDistribution[], {n, n}]; ][[1]]
Dimensions[A]
Out[1]=
5.2 for Microsoft Windows (June 20, 2005)
NormalDistribution[mu, sigma] represents the normal (Gaussian)
distribution with mean mu and standard deviation sigma.
Out[5]=
0.219 Second
Out[6]=
{500,500}
Regards,
Jean-Marc