multidimensionalMatrix -- make a multidimensional matrix

Synopsis

• Usage:

  multidimensionalMatrix L

• Inputs:
  • L, a list, a list of nested lists representing a hyper-rectangular array of ring elements.
• Outputs:
  • a multidimensional matrix, the corresponding multidimensional matrix.

Description

i1 : multidimensionalMatrix {{0, 5}, {9, 3}, {7, 2}}

o1 = {{0, 5}, {9, 3}, {7, 2}}

o1 : 2-dimensional matrix of shape 3 x 2 over ZZ

i2 : multidimensionalMatrix {{{1, 0}, {4, 3}}, {{3, 1}, {5, 9}}}

o2 = {{{1, 0}, {4, 3}}, {{3, 1}, {5, 9}}}

o2 : 3-dimensional matrix of shape 2 x 2 x 2 over ZZ

i3 : multidimensionalMatrix {{{7/3, 8, 0}, {6, 8, 3}}, {{3, 8, 2}, {9, 2, 4}}, {{0, 2, 9}, {1, 9, 5}}, {{2, 8, 4}, {9, 7, 7}}}

        7
o3 = {{{-, 8, 0}, {6, 8, 3}}, {{3, 8, 2}, {9, 2, 4}}, {{0, 2, 9}, {1, 9, 5}},
        3
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     {{2, 8, 4}, {9, 7, 7}}}

o3 : 3-dimensional matrix of shape 4 x 2 x 3 over QQ

See also

• multidimensionalMatrix(RingElement) -- make a multidimensional matrix from a multilinear form
• MultidimensionalMatrix -- the class of all multidimensional matrices
• determinant(MultidimensionalMatrix) -- hyperdeterminant of a multidimensional matrix
• randomMultidimensionalMatrix -- random multidimensional matrix
• genericMultidimensionalMatrix -- make a generic multidimensional matrix of variables