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Matrix Multiplication and Division in R Programming Language: Methods and Examples
Matrix Computations
Various mathematical operations are performed on the matrices using the R operators. The result of the operation is also a matrix.
The dimensions (number of rows and columns) should be same for the matrices involved in the operation.
Matrix Multiplication & Division
# Create two 2x3 matrices.
matrix1
When we execute the above code, it produces the following result −
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 3 -1 2
[2,] 9 4 6
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 5 0 3
[2,] 2 9 4
Result of multiplication
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 15 0 6
[2,] 18 36 24
Result of division
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 0.6 -Inf 0.6666667
[2,] 4.5 0.4444444 1.5000000