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Re: Multiplying a vector over multiple vectors

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  • Subject: [mg91166] Re: Multiplying a vector over multiple vectors
  • From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:13:44 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <g7ed6u$2pm$1@smc.vnet.net>

Hi,
> How does one get a vector to distribute over
> a list of vectors  under multiplication?
> 
> For example:
> 
>  {{1,2}, {3,4}, {5,6}} times {a,b} should
> equal  (under this operation)
> 
> {{a, 2b}, {3a, 4b}, {5a, 6b}}

Thread[Times[Transpose@{{1, 2}, {3, 4}, {5, 6}}, {a, b}]]

hth,

albert


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