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NCAlgebra :: entries(NCMatrix)

entries(NCMatrix) -- Returns the entries of the NCMatrix

Synopsis

Description

Returns the entries of the NCMatrix as a doubly nested list.

i1 : A = QQ{a,b,c,d}

o1 = A

o1 : NCPolynomialRing
i2 : M = ncMatrix {{a,b,c,d},{b,c,d,a}}

o2 = | a  b  c  d |
     |            |
     | b  c  d  a |

o2 : NCMatrix
i3 : N = M || 2*M || -3*M

o3 = |  a    b    c    d  |
     |                    |
     |  b    c    d    a  |
     |                    |
     |  2a   2b   2c   2d |
     |                    |
     |  2b   2c   2d   2a |
     |                    |
     | -3a  -3b  -3c  -3d |
     |                    |
     | -3b  -3c  -3d  -3a |

o3 : NCMatrix
i4 : entries N

o4 = {{a, b, c, d}, {b, c, d, a}, {2a, 2b, 2c, 2d}, {2b, 2c, 2d, 2a}, {-3a,
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     -3b, -3c, -3d}, {-3b, -3c, -3d, -3a}}

o4 : List