Matrix Multiplication Tutorial

Multiplication Matrices :

In the first part we will look in to the multiplication of square matrices. In the next part you will learn to multiply different order matrices (e.g: 2x3 to 3x3). Here we will multiply a 3x3 matrix (3 rows, 3 columns) to another 3x3 matrix (3 rows, 3 columns).

The resulting matrix will be a 3x3 matrix. We will have to calculate each cell of the result matrix separately. Let us assume the result to be X.

Step 1:

To calculate x11 x11 is the cell where first row merges with first column. So in order to calculate the result we will use the first row of Matrix A and first column of Matrix B.

Now x11 can be calculated as x11 = a11xb11 + a12xb21 + a13xb31

Step 2:

To calculate x12 x12 is the cell where first row merges with second column. So in order to calculate the result we will use the first row of Matrix A and second column of Matrix B.

Now x12 can be calculated as x12 = a11xb12 + a12xb22 + a13xb32 Following the same procedure we will have to calculate values for all cells.