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I have a certain number of $N times M$ matrices:



$$ M_1 = begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & ... & a_{1M} \
a_{21} & & & \
vdots & & ddots & \
a_{N1} & & & a_{NM}
end{pmatrix}
$$



$$ M_2 = begin{pmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} & ... & b_{1M} \
b_{21} & & & \
vdots & & ddots & \
b_{N1} & & & b_{NM}
end{pmatrix}
$$



and I want to create a new matrix, applying a certain operation $f$ element by element, obtaining something like



$$ M = begin{pmatrix} f(a_{11},b_{11},...) & f(a_{12},b_{12},...) & ... & f(a_{1M},b_{1M},...) \
f(a_{21},b_{21},...) & & & \
vdots & & ddots & \
f(a_{N1},b_{N1},...) & & & f(a_{NM},b_{NM},...)
end{pmatrix}
$$



where the $f$ takes as many arguments as the number of matrices.



As of now I am implementing this using a Table,



With[{dims = Dimensions[dataA]}, Table[f[dataA[[x, y]], dataB[[x, y]], dataC[[x, y]]], {x, 1, dims[[1]]}, {y, 1, dims[[2]]}]]]


I was wondering if there's some more idiomatic Mathematica way of doing this.










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    I have a certain number of $N times M$ matrices:



    $$ M_1 = begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & ... & a_{1M} \
    a_{21} & & & \
    vdots & & ddots & \
    a_{N1} & & & a_{NM}
    end{pmatrix}
    $$



    $$ M_2 = begin{pmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} & ... & b_{1M} \
    b_{21} & & & \
    vdots & & ddots & \
    b_{N1} & & & b_{NM}
    end{pmatrix}
    $$



    and I want to create a new matrix, applying a certain operation $f$ element by element, obtaining something like



    $$ M = begin{pmatrix} f(a_{11},b_{11},...) & f(a_{12},b_{12},...) & ... & f(a_{1M},b_{1M},...) \
    f(a_{21},b_{21},...) & & & \
    vdots & & ddots & \
    f(a_{N1},b_{N1},...) & & & f(a_{NM},b_{NM},...)
    end{pmatrix}
    $$



    where the $f$ takes as many arguments as the number of matrices.



    As of now I am implementing this using a Table,



    With[{dims = Dimensions[dataA]}, Table[f[dataA[[x, y]], dataB[[x, y]], dataC[[x, y]]], {x, 1, dims[[1]]}, {y, 1, dims[[2]]}]]]


    I was wondering if there's some more idiomatic Mathematica way of doing this.










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      $begingroup$


      I have a certain number of $N times M$ matrices:



      $$ M_1 = begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & ... & a_{1M} \
      a_{21} & & & \
      vdots & & ddots & \
      a_{N1} & & & a_{NM}
      end{pmatrix}
      $$



      $$ M_2 = begin{pmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} & ... & b_{1M} \
      b_{21} & & & \
      vdots & & ddots & \
      b_{N1} & & & b_{NM}
      end{pmatrix}
      $$



      and I want to create a new matrix, applying a certain operation $f$ element by element, obtaining something like



      $$ M = begin{pmatrix} f(a_{11},b_{11},...) & f(a_{12},b_{12},...) & ... & f(a_{1M},b_{1M},...) \
      f(a_{21},b_{21},...) & & & \
      vdots & & ddots & \
      f(a_{N1},b_{N1},...) & & & f(a_{NM},b_{NM},...)
      end{pmatrix}
      $$



      where the $f$ takes as many arguments as the number of matrices.



      As of now I am implementing this using a Table,



      With[{dims = Dimensions[dataA]}, Table[f[dataA[[x, y]], dataB[[x, y]], dataC[[x, y]]], {x, 1, dims[[1]]}, {y, 1, dims[[2]]}]]]


      I was wondering if there's some more idiomatic Mathematica way of doing this.










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      I have a certain number of $N times M$ matrices:



      $$ M_1 = begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & ... & a_{1M} \
      a_{21} & & & \
      vdots & & ddots & \
      a_{N1} & & & a_{NM}
      end{pmatrix}
      $$



      $$ M_2 = begin{pmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} & ... & b_{1M} \
      b_{21} & & & \
      vdots & & ddots & \
      b_{N1} & & & b_{NM}
      end{pmatrix}
      $$



      and I want to create a new matrix, applying a certain operation $f$ element by element, obtaining something like



      $$ M = begin{pmatrix} f(a_{11},b_{11},...) & f(a_{12},b_{12},...) & ... & f(a_{1M},b_{1M},...) \
      f(a_{21},b_{21},...) & & & \
      vdots & & ddots & \
      f(a_{N1},b_{N1},...) & & & f(a_{NM},b_{NM},...)
      end{pmatrix}
      $$



      where the $f$ takes as many arguments as the number of matrices.



      As of now I am implementing this using a Table,



      With[{dims = Dimensions[dataA]}, Table[f[dataA[[x, y]], dataB[[x, y]], dataC[[x, y]]], {x, 1, dims[[1]]}, {y, 1, dims[[2]]}]]]


      I was wondering if there's some more idiomatic Mathematica way of doing this.







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          MapThread is designed to do exactly this. Example:



          A = {{a11, a12}, {a21, a22}}; 
          B = {{b11, b12}, {b21, b22}};
          MapThread[f, {A, B}, 2]


          Gives



          {{f[a11, b11], f[a12, b12]}, {f[a21, b21], f[a22, b22]}}


          The 2 is because you want to apply to elements of lists of lists. The arguments to "f" are 2 levels deep.






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            Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
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            Jan 22 at 17:10



















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          $begingroup$

          m1 = Array[a, {3, 3}];
          m2 = Array[b, {3, 3}];
          SetAttributes[foo, Listable]
          foo[m1, m2] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{ccc}
          text{foo}(a(1,1),b(1,1)) & text{foo}(a(1,2),b(1,2)) & text{foo}(a(1,3),b(1,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(2,1),b(2,1)) & text{foo}(a(2,2),b(2,2)) & text{foo}(a(2,3),b(2,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(3,1),b(3,1)) & text{foo}(a(3,2),b(3,2)) & text{foo}(a(3,3),b(3,3)) \
          end{array}
          right)$







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          $begingroup$

          MapThread is designed to do exactly this. Example:



          A = {{a11, a12}, {a21, a22}}; 
          B = {{b11, b12}, {b21, b22}};
          MapThread[f, {A, B}, 2]


          Gives



          {{f[a11, b11], f[a12, b12]}, {f[a21, b21], f[a22, b22]}}


          The 2 is because you want to apply to elements of lists of lists. The arguments to "f" are 2 levels deep.






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            Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
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          $begingroup$

          MapThread is designed to do exactly this. Example:



          A = {{a11, a12}, {a21, a22}}; 
          B = {{b11, b12}, {b21, b22}};
          MapThread[f, {A, B}, 2]


          Gives



          {{f[a11, b11], f[a12, b12]}, {f[a21, b21], f[a22, b22]}}


          The 2 is because you want to apply to elements of lists of lists. The arguments to "f" are 2 levels deep.






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          • $begingroup$
            Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
            $endgroup$
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            Jan 22 at 17:10














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          4





          $begingroup$

          MapThread is designed to do exactly this. Example:



          A = {{a11, a12}, {a21, a22}}; 
          B = {{b11, b12}, {b21, b22}};
          MapThread[f, {A, B}, 2]


          Gives



          {{f[a11, b11], f[a12, b12]}, {f[a21, b21], f[a22, b22]}}


          The 2 is because you want to apply to elements of lists of lists. The arguments to "f" are 2 levels deep.






          share|improve this answer









          $endgroup$



          MapThread is designed to do exactly this. Example:



          A = {{a11, a12}, {a21, a22}}; 
          B = {{b11, b12}, {b21, b22}};
          MapThread[f, {A, B}, 2]


          Gives



          {{f[a11, b11], f[a12, b12]}, {f[a21, b21], f[a22, b22]}}


          The 2 is because you want to apply to elements of lists of lists. The arguments to "f" are 2 levels deep.







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          answered Jan 22 at 16:23









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          $begingroup$
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          $begingroup$
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          $begingroup$

          m1 = Array[a, {3, 3}];
          m2 = Array[b, {3, 3}];
          SetAttributes[foo, Listable]
          foo[m1, m2] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{ccc}
          text{foo}(a(1,1),b(1,1)) & text{foo}(a(1,2),b(1,2)) & text{foo}(a(1,3),b(1,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(2,1),b(2,1)) & text{foo}(a(2,2),b(2,2)) & text{foo}(a(2,3),b(2,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(3,1),b(3,1)) & text{foo}(a(3,2),b(3,2)) & text{foo}(a(3,3),b(3,3)) \
          end{array}
          right)$







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          $begingroup$

          m1 = Array[a, {3, 3}];
          m2 = Array[b, {3, 3}];
          SetAttributes[foo, Listable]
          foo[m1, m2] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{ccc}
          text{foo}(a(1,1),b(1,1)) & text{foo}(a(1,2),b(1,2)) & text{foo}(a(1,3),b(1,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(2,1),b(2,1)) & text{foo}(a(2,2),b(2,2)) & text{foo}(a(2,3),b(2,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(3,1),b(3,1)) & text{foo}(a(3,2),b(3,2)) & text{foo}(a(3,3),b(3,3)) \
          end{array}
          right)$







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            Thank you very much!
            $endgroup$
            – zakk
            Jan 22 at 17:11














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          $begingroup$

          m1 = Array[a, {3, 3}];
          m2 = Array[b, {3, 3}];
          SetAttributes[foo, Listable]
          foo[m1, m2] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{ccc}
          text{foo}(a(1,1),b(1,1)) & text{foo}(a(1,2),b(1,2)) & text{foo}(a(1,3),b(1,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(2,1),b(2,1)) & text{foo}(a(2,2),b(2,2)) & text{foo}(a(2,3),b(2,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(3,1),b(3,1)) & text{foo}(a(3,2),b(3,2)) & text{foo}(a(3,3),b(3,3)) \
          end{array}
          right)$







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          $endgroup$



          m1 = Array[a, {3, 3}];
          m2 = Array[b, {3, 3}];
          SetAttributes[foo, Listable]
          foo[m1, m2] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{ccc}
          text{foo}(a(1,1),b(1,1)) & text{foo}(a(1,2),b(1,2)) & text{foo}(a(1,3),b(1,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(2,1),b(2,1)) & text{foo}(a(2,2),b(2,2)) & text{foo}(a(2,3),b(2,3)) \
          text{foo}(a(3,1),b(3,1)) & text{foo}(a(3,2),b(3,2)) & text{foo}(a(3,3),b(3,3)) \
          end{array}
          right)$








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          answered Jan 22 at 16:25









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