How can i apply the Differences command to a list of matrices? I don't want to use a do cycle.
Do[ΔM[k] = M[[k]] - M[[k - 1]], {k, 1, Length[M]}]
I tried with Map, MapThread etc etc, but i don't get the result!!
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Differences should work directly on your list of matrices, assuming that each matrix has the same dimensions. Compare its output with the more verbose Table equivalent:
SeedRandom[0];
M = RandomInteger[9, {5, 3, 3}];
Table[M[[k]] - M[[k - 1]], {k, 2, Length[M]}]
Differences[M]
{{{0, 2, -7}, {-2, 5, -4}, {-6, 8, 0}}, {{-2, 3, 7}, {4, -1, 8}, {-2, -2, -6}}, {{-5, 4, -5}, {1, 1, -2}, {6, 3, 6}}, {{9, -5, -2}, {4, 1, 2}, {1, -2, -6}}} {{{0, 2, -7}, {-2, 5, -4}, {-6, 8, 0}}, {{-2, 3, 7}, {4, -1, 8}, {-2, -2, -6}}, {{-5, 4, -5}, {1, 1, -2}, {6, 3, 6}}, {{9, -5, -2}, {4, 1, 2}, {1, -2, -6}}}
answered Jan 18, 2017 at 22:49
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$\begingroup$ @Kowalski You're welcome, and you shouldn't; operating over arrays is rather unusual from what I've seen and unless you've been using Mathematica (or APL or something) for years I think these "mistakes" are common. A related point: a number of functions operate on heads other than
Listeven if they do not advertise that they do, e.g.Sort[foo[3, 1, 2]]. (Though that is in theSortdocumentation.) Therefore it is often worth trying a function directly on a non-Listexpression to see what happens. $\endgroup$ Jan 19, 2017 at 16:56