what is the difference between a vector and a matrix?
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JohnS
on 24 Jan 2015
Answered: Walter Roberson
on 8 Jul 2021
what is the difference between a vector and a matrix?
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Matz Johansson Bergström
on 24 Jan 2015
Edited: Matz Johansson Bergström
on 24 Jan 2015
A matrix is simply a rectangular array of numbers and a vector is a row (or column) of a matrix.
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per isakson
on 24 Jan 2015
The wiki link says "Bad title"
Matz Johansson Bergström
on 24 Jan 2015
Well spotted. The parentheses in the wiki URL was coded wrong. Fixed it now.
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mntaser salem
on 24 Jan 2015
vector is one dimension array such a=[1 2 3 4 5], but matrix is more than one dimension array such 2*2 matrix b =[ 2 4 6 8 ] , and has some of operation.
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Yared Bekele
on 8 Jul 2021
Matrix can be one dimesional or more than one, but vector is only one dimesionsl (i.e row vector, column vector). All vectors are matrix, but not all matrix are vectors.
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Walter Roberson
on 8 Jul 2021
I discus the various cases at https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/505251-scalar-vs-matrix-vs-vector-vs-array#answer_415372
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