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| ====== Flatten ====== | ====== Flatten ====== | ||
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| Matrix.Flatten($M$) takes an object $M$, which must be a matrix with matrix-valued entries, and returns the flattened version, which is a matrix with numbers as entries. This allows for working with block matrices, e.g. defining a matrix of the form | Matrix.Flatten($M$) takes an object $M$, which must be a matrix with matrix-valued entries, and returns the flattened version, which is a matrix with numbers as entries. This allows for working with block matrices, e.g. defining a matrix of the form | ||
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| where $A,B,C,D$ are all matrices. | where $A,B,C,D$ are all matrices. | ||
| - | If an entry of the input matrix $M$ is $0$ instead of a matrix, Quanty will interpret this as a zero-matrix of appropriate size. A complete line of zeros will be deleted. | + | If an entry of the input matrix $M$ is $0$ instead of a matrix, Quanty will interpret this as a zero-matrix of appropriate size, which makes creating sparse block-matrices especially easy in conjunction with // |
| ===== Example ===== | ===== Example ===== | ||
