math.la.d.mat.mult.col
Learning goals: 1. What are the dimension (size) requirements for two matrices so that they can be multiplied to each other? 2. What is the product of two matrices, when it exists?
We know how to add vectors and how to multiply them by scalars. Together, these operations give us the possibility of making linear combinations. Similarly, we know how to add matrices and how to multiply matrices by scalars. In this section we mix all these ideas together and produce an operation known as matrix multiplication. This will lead to some results that are both surprising and central. We begin with a definition of how to multiply a vector by a matrix.