
Fast(est) and intuitive ways to look at matrix multiplication?
Most of the time I see matrix multiplication presented and defined, as a seemingly arbitrary sequence of operations. For example, the textbook I'm currently reading for a linear algebra course defi...
linear algebra - Dot product vs Matrix multiplication, is the later a ...
Which if we write in matrix form, we need to mathematically take the transpose of a vector and do 'matrix' multiplication to get the above dot product. So coming back full circle to the question - matrix …
Matrix multiplication notation - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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Intuition behind Matrix Multiplication - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Asking why matrix multiplication isn't just componentwise multiplication is an excellent question: in fact, componentwise multiplication is in some sense the most "natural" generalization of real multiplication …
linear algebra - When is matrix multiplication commutative ...
Multiplication of blocks will give diagonal $\lambda_1\lambda_2$, first off-diagonal $\lambda_1 + \lambda_2$ and second off-diagonal $1$ so assuming scalar multiplication and addition is …
block matrix multiplication - Mathematics Stack Exchange
May 13, 2014 · All multiplications conform, all sums work out, and the resulting matrix is the size you'd expect. There is nothing special about splitting in two so long as you match any column split of …
Practical uses of matrix multiplication - Mathematics Stack Exchange
May 28, 2011 · Usually, the use of matrix multiplication is initially given with graphics — scalings, translations, rotations, etc. Then, there are more in-depth examples such as counting the number of …
linear algebra - Proving Distributivity of Matrix Multiplication ...
Aug 10, 2013 · So, matrix multiplication is just the image of composition of linear transformations under the identification of matrices with linear transformations. In particular, then, distributivity of matrix …
Proof of number of FLOPs in matrix multiplication [closed]
I cannot find a way to prove it You have an explicit formula (I'm assuming, of course, the naive matrix multiplication algorithm) with additions and multiplications in it, and you have a proposed total of the …
Why is matrix multiplication associative? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Mar 16, 2020 · The proof below is a straightforward application of the definition matrix multiplication, and you can probably find it any linear algebra text. The only "trick" would be switching the order …