Malfunction to my matrix calculation

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Vic
Vic on 27 Oct 2022
Edited: James Tursa on 27 Oct 2022
Below here, I want to calculate the matrix of X.
From what I understand, K is a 4x4 matrix, and F is a 1x4 matrix.
In order to get X, I have to transpose my martix F, so it can be a 4x1 matrix.
Therefore, X should be a 4x1 matrix.
The problem here is what I get instead is a 4x4 matrix, which can be shown in the second picture below.
Is there a typo problem or something that I didn't notice about the code?

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James Tursa
James Tursa on 27 Oct 2022
Edited: James Tursa on 27 Oct 2022
K .* F (with the dot) does element-wise multiplication with implicit array expansion if the variables are different sizes, thus the 4x4 result.
K * F (without the dot) does matrix multiply and will get a 4x1 result.
E.g.,
K = rand(4,4); % 4x4
F = rand(1,4); % 1x4
K = inv(K); % 4x4
F = F'; % 4x1
K .* F % the 4x1 is implicitly expanded to 4x4 for this element-wise operation
ans = 4×4
-0.2635 0.3232 0.0993 -0.4084 -0.6048 -0.5805 1.1160 0.2753 3.4958 -2.9911 -2.9084 6.3079 -0.1182 0.2026 0.2726 -0.5389
K * F % a normal matrix multiply
ans = 4×1
1.2976 1.6914 -2.6004 1.0808

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