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  1. matrices - Intuition behind Matrix Multiplication - Mathematics Stack ...

    In linear algebra, the entities that gets multiplied are vectors, the "multiplier" objects are matrices, the operation ⋅ generalizes to the matrix-vector product, and the operation × × extends to the product …

  2. matrices - Matrix addition/multiplication with different sizes ...

    Apr 13, 2015 · So I have two matrixes with different sizes. Multiple sources tell me that I can't do multiplication or addition with matrix of different sizes. So I'm a bit confused. Can I do it with these? …

  3. Order of operations for multiplying three matrices

    Matrix multiplication is associative, so you can do it in whichever order you like. You can prove it by writing the matrix multiply in summation notation each way and seeing they match.

  4. Matrix multiplication notation - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    I know how to multiply matrices but I don't understand this notation : cij = ∑n k=1aikbkj c i j = ∑ k = 1 n a i k b k j Can someone explain what that represents by giving me an example?

  5. The five ways to multiply matrices - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Feb 20, 2017 · 1 I'm studying linear algebra using the online MIT course, and in the third lecture, the professor showed us 5 ways to multiply matrices, they can be found here: MIT Linear Algebra, …

  6. Why, historically, do we multiply matrices as we do?

    Multiplication of matrices — taking the dot product of the i i th row of the first matrix and the j j th column of the second to yield the ij i j th entry of the product — is not a very intuitive operation: if you were to …

  7. matrices - matrix multiplication by columns - Mathematics Stack …

    Yo, I need some help with understanding matrix multiplication by columns. Consider the two matrices: ⎛⎝⎜1 6 7 2 5 8 3 4 9⎞⎠⎟⎛⎝⎜3 4 9 2 5 8 1 6 7 ...

  8. Why can I multiply some matrices with different sizes and some can't ...

    Jul 29, 2022 · I.E. in order to multiply by a constant c c (which we consider a 1 × 1 1 × 1 matrix) we consider c ⊗ I c ⊗ I where I I is the identity matrix (and that ⊗ ⊗ is now a tensor product, not a …

  9. soft question - Method to multiply many matrices simultaneously ...

    Real example: Suppose you have 40 40 matrices to multiply together, all of them 2 by 2 2 by 2 matrices. If you do it the "classical way" (as you describe it), thats 39 matrix multiplications, or 4 × 39 × 1 = 156 …

  10. Fast(est) and intuitive ways to look at matrix multiplication?

    This is covered in any reasonable text on linear algebra. This perspective is both helpful for doing concrete calculations by hand as well as for understanding matrices theoretically. In particular, this …