[R] Problem on Matrix multiplication

[Daniel Nordlund]

It looks like weight and s are data frames, not vectors/matrices as required (and as the error message tells you).

Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA

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> On Behalf Of Arun Kumar Saha
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:10 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] Problem on Matrix multiplication
> 
> Dear all r-users,
> 
> I am getting a big problem with matrix multiplication
> 
> suppose I have,
> 
> > weight
>   Weight
> 1       1067640
> 2       8871500
> 3      42948778
> 4     127583735
> 5      22000000
> 6      44000000
> 7      56850000
> 8      23805662
> 
> and,
> > s
>             a          b          c          d          e
> f          g          h
> a   402493.18 -133931.62   461483.3  -94042.86   674493.8 -1493713.2  -
> 714081.5 -1320551.6
> b  -133931.62  192766.63  -414674.4  -36700.74  -276595.3   798034.6
> 382661.6   883478.4
> c   461483.25 -414674.43  1618660.4  660949.18   988526.5 -2795048.7 -
> 1483334.1 -1761234.9
> d   -94042.86  -36700.74   660949.2 1053310.43  -300291.4   -98814.9  -
> 263716.7  1130451.3
> e   674493.80 -276595.33   988526.5 -300291.35  3090869.8 -3017747.3 -
> 1766040.6 -2295605.0
> f -1493713.19  798034.60 -2795048.7  -98814.90 -3017747.3 10558734.1
> 4415620.8  6200897.7
> g  -714081.51  382661.62 -1483334.1 -263716.67 -1766040.6  4415620.8
> 2593947.5  2341455.0
> h -1320551.58  883478.39 -1761234.9 1130451.26 -2295605.0  6200897.7
> 2341455.0  7756557.3
> 
> 
> But when I want to get [transpose(weight)][s][weight] using following
> syntax,
> 
> t(weight)%*%s%*%weight
> 
> 
> I got error:
> 
> Error in t(weight) %*% s %*% weight : requires numeric matrix/vector
> arguments
> 
> Can anyone please tell me that where my error is?
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
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