In mathematics, a matrix (plural matrices) is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions, arranged in rows and columns. The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries.

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implemente matrix calculation to solve Computational Linear Algebra using Gauss-Jordan Elimination

I am studying (again) Linear algebra and encounter the Gauss-Jordan Elimination. While making program, I notice it use many time to do matrix row swapping. Thus I make a new matrix template, which ...
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Hackerrank Queen's Attack II

Problem statement A queen is standing on an \$n\$x\$n\$ chessboard. The chessboard's rows are numbered from \$1\$ to \$n\$, going from bottom to top; its columns are numbered from \$1\$ to \$n\$, ...
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Basic Templated Matrix Library

I am a beginner C++ programmer and I have been working on a library to use for working with matrices. The library main features should be Working with matrices (addition, subtraction, arbitrary ...
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LSH hashcode generator function

For building an LSH based system in Python, I need to have a very fast calculation of the hashcode. I won't need to explain here the LSH algorithm itself, but I need help in improving performance of ...
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Find element in 2D matrix where rows and columns are sorted

Elements of a matrix are given in sorted rows and columns. I want to find the element in an optimized way. First, I will get the last element of a row, which will determine if a number can exist in ...
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Encryption by transposing text in a grid

I wrote a Java program that given a text message will print the encoded message. The problem is described in this link. Summary: We have to write a program that will encrypt a message that do not ...
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Read matrix from file, the C++11/14 way

I am trying to get acquainted with C++11/14, so please tell me if the code below could be written in a more "modern" way. Or, of course, if it could be improved in any way. The function ...
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Sparse matrix compressed sparse row (CSR) in Python 2.7

Brief introduction for CSR: The compressed sparse row (CSR) or compressed row storage (CRS) format represents a matrix M by three (one-dimensional) arrays, that respectively contain nonzero ...
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Tetris-like algorithm (2D matrix)

The algorithm should be checking if the block fits perfectly when it falls. The block is always the same shape: .##.... ..##.... Keep in mind I wrote this ...
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Traceback in sequence alignment with affine gap penalty (Needleman-Wunsch)

I am working on an implementation of the Needleman-Wunsch sequence alignment algorithm in python, and I've already implemented the one that uses a linear gap penalty equation for scoring, but now I'm ...
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C++ operator overloading for matrix operations

Please check the code to see if there anything I can improve . Everyting is working as expected. matrix.h ...
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HackerRank NCR codesprint: Spiral Message

Problem statement: https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/ncr-codesprint/challenges/spiral-message You've intercepted an encoded spy message! The message originated as a single line of one or more ...
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HackerRank - Matrix Rotation

Problem statement Given a matrix (up to 300 × 300), rotate each element R steps anti-clockwise along concentric rectangular paths (R up to 109). The algorithm is rated as hard on HackerRank. On ...
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Generalized NumPy reshape function to imitate einsum syntax

I often perform a lot of reshape(), transpose() or squeeze() operations on ...
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Probabilistic Matrix Inspection - Suggested by a paper, implemented by me

I have read this paper and I actually found it interesting. This is an attempt to implement the proposed algorithm. I would like to know: Is my algorithm correct by what is discribed in the paper? ...
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Converting state matrices to adjacency matrices to thresholded matrices

I am currently taking part in research utilizing Naked Mole Rats. I am utilizing data analysis techniques to answer the overall question, "Can we detect certain types of naked mole rat behavior ...
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Find diagonal positions for bishop movement

In a chess board, I need to find the diagonals a bishop can move on, and more specifically, the coordinates of those squares. So, given a grid of any size and a position in that grid (expressed in ...
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Compute the XOR of all the elements in the upper left triangular of a square matrix

Given a dimension \$D\$. We generate a \$D\times D\$ matrix with elements that start from \$0\$. For example, if we're given a dimension \$4\$ this is what our matrix looks like: $$ \begin{bmatrix}...
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Matrix of constrained sums using R

In this post, I asked a question regarding how to create a matrix of integers where elements in each row satisfy a particular property. The notation in the original post is a bit cumbersome so I ...
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Online Principal Component Analysis with spectral bounds

I have question regarding online PCA implemented in the paper. I am interested in the Algorithm 2. I am not certain if there is a bug in my code can someone confirm if my code is correct? The ...
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Swapping the diagonals of a matrix [closed]

I am required to write a simple matrix program and swap the diagonal. Given the input 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 After swapping the diagonal it should be ...
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2D Vector: Loading values from .txt file

I've written a program that runs through a matrix of numbers, ranging from 0 to 2, and stores the results in a 2D vector. I'm using the values in the 2D vector as the profile for a tile map for a ...
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4x4 matrix implementation in C++

I've been doing some 3D graphics in OpenGL lately and I needed a way to work with 4x4 matrices. My implementation supports the following operations: Matrix-matrix addition. Matrix-matrix subtraction. ...
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Building a matrix by applying XOR rules

There is a matrix of \$m\$ rows and \$n\$ columns where each row is filled gradually. Given the first row of the matrix we can generate the elements in the subsequent rows using the formula: $$\begin{...
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Calculating shortest possible route between two given nodes

I recently came across this problem: Heroes in Indian movies are capable of superhuman feats. For example, they can jump between buildings, jump onto and from running trains, catch bullets with ...
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Code for number of routes possible of the given length between 2 given nodes

Recently I came across this problem , here is an excerpt of it, It is well known that the routing algorithm used on the Internet is highly non-optimal. A "hop", in Internet jargon, is a pair of ...
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Internal method to calculate the distance between all nodes in Kruskal's Importance (Driver) Algorithm

I've been trying to reduce the indentation from a method in my code. The solution will probably be unrelated to the language, in this case python, although it may rely on some python specific ...
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Cache conscious SIMD matrix multiply of unsigned integers

The goal of the code review by order of importance (i.e. What I hope to hear from you): I've verified correctness using a straightforward matrix multiply function though I am open to those who want ...
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Generic matrix type in C++

This snippet is about a generic matrix type. The nice part is that given two matrices with respective entry types, say, of short and ...
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C++ Matrix Multiplication Using Classes

I'm trying to write a C++ multiplication program using classes (for the first time - I usually try to avoid OOP) and am having trouble freeing my memory. What I'd ideally like is a matrix class with a ...
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Calculating how similar two objects are according to a database

I want to calculate how similar two objects are according to a database. However the code is very slow; it takes around 2 minutes to analyze just 3 objects. How can I speed it up? I have tried to ...
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Using a greedy algorithm to find the best path in a 2D array

I'm a student and this is one of my assignments. My professor basically confirmed that my code is correct but all he grades on is if I finished the assignment correctly but not the coding style. I ...
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Multiplying two- or three-dimensional arrays with broadcasting

Background Disclaimer: Skip if you are not interested in the background. The code is far far simpler than this. The problem is more about programming than math. Here is the definition of ...
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Numerical algebra using a Matrix class [closed]

I would like to make a Matrix class. Can any of you help me about this class? There are two ways: ...
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MPI communicator creation exercise

I'm working on an assignment which entails creating communicators following the diagonals of an n x n process grid. I'm interested to get feedback regarding the correctness of the solution I developed ...
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'Zero out' a matrix using Python

Below is my code for an attempted solution to cracking the coding interview exercise 1.8 written in python 3.5. The problem statement is: Write an algorithm such that if an element in an MxN ...
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Print matrix diagonals method

I need to print (or store) all diagonals of a matrix. This includes the main diagonal ( { (i,i) | i = 1, 2, ... min(m,n) } ). Then all super and sub diagonals. For ...
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Rotate Matrix using Python

This is my solution to Exercise 1.7 from Cracking the Coding Interview. I would appreciate any feedback on coding style and algorithm efficiency. I do know that there is an existing function in ...
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Generate Orders from Matrix and save as CSV

I had a task to create a VBA macros which will take a matrix data set with products in rows and persons as a columns (on intersection we have an ordered qty for each material for each person) and ...
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Converting Data in Rows and Columns to Rows in VBA for Excel

I have a working VBA script for Excel that converts a matrix of data with multiple records in per row to multiple rows with one record per row. A StackOverflow user told me that the code could use ...
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Exporting a table with header and subheader

I have an array matrix, for example A(3,3), I want to make a table with header names like, ['force','mass','acceleration'], the second row contains the units (subheader), ['N','Kg','m/s^2'], and the ...
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Largest area of identical adjacent matrix elements

Given a 2D matrix find the largest area of identical elements. Here is my first implementation: ...
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Utility method to view submatrices

I implemented an utility method that is able to view an Array[n, m] in another smaller dimension [k, l], where ...
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Allocate N-dimensional array in C++

I need to allocate n-dimensional arrays of type T, currently I am using the following functions. Is there a better way to do this? Also, ideally I would like to allocate a 1-D array and access that as ...
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Search in sorted matrix NxM

The problem (from Cracking the Coding book): Given an NxM matrix in which each row and each column is sorted in ascending order, write a method to find an element. I thought of a modified version ...
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Conditional removal of columns in sparse matrix

I have a large dataset (78k instances x 490k features) that is loaded as a scipy.sparse.csr_matrix format. From this dataset I want to filter certain features (i.e. ...
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Pattern searching in 2d grid

This is an interview question which i am trying to solve. You are given a 2D array of characters and a character pattern. WAP to find if pattern is present in 2D array. Pattern can be in any way (all ...
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Simple matrix class C++14

I created a simple 4x4 matrix class (column-major). I would like it to be efficient and to use C++14's full capabilities. Can I improve it? ...
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Printing an N*N array in the rectangular/circular/spiral fashion

The problem is to print an N*N array and fill it with numbers(starting from 1 at (0,0)) in the rectangular/circular/spiral fashion, going inwards, ending at the N*N value. Also find and count the ...
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If zero found in Matrix. make entire row & column zero

Problem is - If in an MxN matrix, a zero is encountered, the entire row and entire column should be set to zero. Example - 8 4 2 2 3 7 1 0 1 9 8 4 ...