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Disclaimer: I'm new to Mathematica.

I have an array $\gamma[i]$ of length $n$, each element of which holds an $m\times m$-matrix. I would like to multiply all of them, $$\prod_{i=1}^n \gamma[i].$$ I started out thinking this should be incredibly simple but after searching through the documentation and on StackExchange for over an hour, the only information I could find is this post, in which the best answer suggests Apply[Dot, matrixList]. Since my matrices are not in a list this doesn't seem to help me much.

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  • $\begingroup$ In Mathematica lingo an array is a list. Do you mean each matrix is store in a separate "variable" named gamma[1], gamma[2], and so forth (not gamma[[1]] as in a list-array)? $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Aug 11, 2016 at 1:11
  • $\begingroup$ @MichaelE2 Correct. $\endgroup$
    – Janosh
    Aug 11, 2016 at 1:12
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    $\begingroup$ Apply[Dot, Array[gamma, n]]? $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Aug 11, 2016 at 1:12
  • $\begingroup$ Module[{res = gamma[1]}, Do[res = res . gamma[i], {i, 2, n}]; res] is a C-like way to go....The previous might be more efficient. Would have to test. $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Aug 11, 2016 at 1:16
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    $\begingroup$ Yes, AFAIK there is no KroneckerPower-like function. I would use KroneckerProduct @@ Table[m, {n}]. (@@ is short infix for Apply.) Table will copy only pointers to m, so it's memory-efficient. But the Kronecker product will be so much bigger, that's not a major consideration here. $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Aug 11, 2016 at 11:21

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For a sequence of matrices, gamma[1], gamma[2],..., gamma[n], you can use Array and apply `Dot as in the linked question, I need to multiply a series of matrices:

Apply[Dot, Array[gamma, n]]
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