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I can store the zero matrix (=module morphism) $R^2\overset{a}{\leftarrow} R^3$ as a=SparseArray[{},{2,3}]. But

  • $R^0\overset{a}{\leftarrow} R^3$ stored as a=SparseArray[{},{0,3}],
  • $R^2\overset{a}{\leftarrow} R^0$ stored as a=SparseArray[{},{2,0}],
  • $R^0\overset{a}{\leftarrow} R^0$ stored as a=SparseArray[{},{0,0}],

is no longer a SparseArray and contains no info about the dimensions of $a$. How can I remedy this?

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  • $\begingroup$ Is there no other way than to store the dimensions in a separate list? $\endgroup$ – Leo Sep 4 '18 at 16:36
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    $\begingroup$ Mathematica represents tensors as nested lists. This means that representing zero-dimensional ones is not possible. 1x0 would be {{}} but 0x1 or similar is not possible (when a result would be this it usually gives us {}, a length-0 1-index tensor). While this applies to non-sparse arrays, it seems that it's SparseArray data structure stays consistent with this. $\endgroup$ – Szabolcs Sep 4 '18 at 16:58

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