Problem 2237. Mmm! Multi-dimensional Matrix Multiplication

Created by J-G van der Toorn

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J.R.! Menzinger on 6 Mar 2014

The 5th case should be: C_correct = cat(3,A(:,:,1)*B,A(:,:,2)*B,A(:,:,3)*B); ??

Swapnali Gujar on 6 Mar 2014

I gave the solution which passes all given test cases, but I am sure it will fail, if there are multiple combinations of sizes of A and B.
I believe, to get a full-proof solution, more test cases are needed. Or such solution can work for limited combination of sizes of multidimensional matrices to be multiplied.

J-G van der Toorn on 7 Mar 2014

José Ramón, You are absolutely right. I will fix it.

Jonathan Agg on 14 Jan 2021

Have a look in 20b! :)

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