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Vector and Matrix Multiplication Intrinsics

If A, B are conform, dimension one arrays, their dot product is computed by calling the function DOT_PRODUCT; the result is, of course, a scalar DP
DP = dot_product(A,B)

The meaning is


For two matrices C and D (at least one has dimension 2) their matrix-matrix product is given by

E = matmul(C,D)

The result is a matrix. The shapes of C, D, E have to obey the usual mathematical relation for matrix multiplication. Note that the matrix product MATMUL(C,D) is not equal to the element-by-element product C*D.





Adrian Sandu 2001-08-26