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William Hughes
Recently, the question was asked in comp.lang.c
why matrix multiplication (a rather complex operation
not obviously related to ordinary mulitplication)
is known as multiplication. Hypotheses have included
the fact that matrix multiplication of nxn matriices
corresponds to the "multiplication" operation in the
ring of nxn matrices, and the fact that matrix
multiplication corresponds to composition of linear
transforms and composition is often termed
multiplication. However, no hard evidence has
been presented.
Does anyone know how the term arose?
- William Hughes
why matrix multiplication (a rather complex operation
not obviously related to ordinary mulitplication)
is known as multiplication. Hypotheses have included
the fact that matrix multiplication of nxn matriices
corresponds to the "multiplication" operation in the
ring of nxn matrices, and the fact that matrix
multiplication corresponds to composition of linear
transforms and composition is often termed
multiplication. However, no hard evidence has
been presented.
Does anyone know how the term arose?
- William Hughes