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Re: Multiplying a vector over multiple vectors

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  • Subject: [mg91170] Re: [mg91150] Multiplying a vector over multiple vectors
  • From: Oliver Ruebenkoenig <ruebenko at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:14:30 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200808070842.EAA02140@smc.vnet.net>

Don,

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Donald DuBois wrote:

> 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}}
> 
> If {a,b} is duplicated three times one can
> use MapThread as in: 
> 
> MapThread[Times, {{{1, 2}, {3, 4}, {5, 6}}, {{a, b}, {a, b}, {a, b}}}]
> 
> but duplicating {a,b} using Table is very slow
> when the vectors are large (consisting of thousands
> of elemets).
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
> 
> Don
> 

you can Map v1 over v2

v1 = {a,b};
v2 = {{1,2}, {3,4}, {5,6}};

Times[v1,#]& /@ v2

Oliver


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