What are some sample matrix multiplication problems?

1 Answer
Dec 24, 2015

It doesn't commute, or is not always defined.

Explanation:

The product of two square matrices (a square matrix is a matrix that has the same number of rows and columns) AB is not always equal to BA. Try it with A = ((0,1),(0,0)) and B =((0,0),(0,1)).

In order to calculate the product of two rectangular matrices C and D, if you want CD you need C to have the same number of columns as the number of rows of D. If you want DC it's the same problem with the number of columns of D and the number of lines of C.