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What is Product?

Definition 21.3 University Mathematics — Year 1 · Chapter 21 — Matrices

For A∈Mn,pA \in \mathcal{M}_{n,p} and B∈Mp,qB \in \mathcal{M}_{p,q}:

(AB)ik=∑j=1paij bjk(1≤i≤n, 1≤k≤q).(AB)_{ik} = \sum_{j=1}^{p} a_{ij}\, b_{jk} \qquad (1 \leq i \leq n,\ 1 \leq k \leq q).

This is precisely the matrix of the composition: Mat⁡(v∘u)=Mat⁡(v) Mat⁡(u)\operatorname{Mat}(v \circ u) = \operatorname{Mat}(v)\, \operatorname{Mat}(u) (bases matching in the middle). Similarly, if XX is the column of coordinates of xx, the column of u(x)u(x) is AXAX.

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