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Help; Absolute values of elements of a vector

regcurry
14-Alexandrite

Help; Absolute values of elements of a vector

Help, what am I doing wrong here.  Mathcad 15 file and pdf attached.

 

Thanks much

Reg

Reg
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regcurry
14-Alexandrite
(To:ValeryOchkov)

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Thanks.  I didn't even notice there were two |x| operators.  That fixed it.

Reg
Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)


@regcurry wrote:

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Thanks.  I didn't even notice there were two |x| operators.  That fixed it.


Its the same symbol which can be interpreted in two different ways ("Absolute Value" or "Square Matrix Determinant").

Normally Mathcad tries to automatically detect what you mean and interprets accordingly, but sometimes it can't.
You can change the meaning of the operator yourself by right-clicking  the expression and choosing the appropriate:

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regcurry
14-Alexandrite
(To:Werner_E)

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Reg

Its the same symbol which can be interpreted in three different ways:

  1. Absolute Value
  2. Square Matrix Determinant

LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:ValeryOchkov)

3. The cardinality of a set (the number of elements in a set).

 

Luc

norm of vector

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regcurry
14-Alexandrite
(To:ValeryOchkov)

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I have used it for that in the distant past. I was just assuming the vectorize operation in Mathcad was smarter than me...it usually is.🤣😂
Reg
LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:ValeryOchkov)

I considered that (norm of a vector), but have to disagree, because in essence it's the same as 'absolute value'. And also the same as 'modulus of a complex value', by the way.

The operation in all cases is to take the root of the sum of the squares of all 'elements' provided through the argument of the operator.

 

Luc

regcurry
14-Alexandrite
(To:LucMeekes)

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Reg
LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:regcurry)

Don't know...

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Success!
Luc

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