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*(m) public

Matrix multiplication.

  Matrix[[2,4], [6,8]] * Matrix.identity(2)
    => 2 4
       6 8

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# File lib/matrix.rb, line 451
  def *(m) # m is matrix or vector or number
    case(m)
    when Numeric
      rows = @rows.collect {
        |row|
        row.collect {
          |e|
          e * m
        }
      }
      return Matrix.rows(rows, false)
    when Vector
      m = Matrix.column_vector(m)
      r = self * m
      return r.column(0)
    when Matrix
      Matrix.Raise ErrDimensionMismatch if column_size != m.row_size
    
      rows = (0 .. row_size - 1).collect {
        |i|
        (0 .. m.column_size - 1).collect {
          |j|
          vij = 0
          0.upto(column_size - 1) do
            |k|
            vij += self[i, k] * m[k, j]
          end
          vij
        }
      }
      return Matrix.rows(rows, false)
    else
      x, y = m.coerce(self)
      return x * y
    end
  end

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