Matrix shape compatibility: match the shared dimension

Check shape before the first multiplication

Matrix shape compatibility determines whether the row-column product in this paper exercise is defined before any entry is calculated. Let A have two rows and three columns, and let B have three rows and four columns. The product AB is defined and has two rows and four columns. Reversing the same operands gives BA, whose required inner sizes are four and two. That product is undefined under the operation used here. This is a fictional calculation with explicitly supplied integer arrays, not a compatibility test for real equipment or software.

Read a shape in the order rows by columns. A two-by-three array has two horizontal rows, with three entries in each. A three-by-four array has three rows, with four entries in each. All arrays in this exercise are rectangular and have positive row and column counts. A row has one entry for each column; a column has one entry for each row. Keep those meanings beside the shape labels. Reversing the words rows and columns would change which entries the product needs, even if the same total number of cells appeared on a sketch.

Record both operands in full

A's first row is 1, 0, 2, and its second row is 0, 1, 1. B's rows, from top to bottom, are 1, 0, 0, 1; then 0, 1, 1, 0; then 1, 1, 0, 0. These entries are exact stipulated values. The zeros are supplied entries, with the same status as the ones and twos. There are no blank cells to interpret and no unknown coefficients to infer. Preserve the row breaks when copying the arrays, because a list of all the numbers without those breaks would lose the operands' shapes.

Define the product by pairing a whole row from the left operand with a whole column from the right operand. Multiply corresponding entries and add the products. Every row entry must have its corresponding column entry. A row from A contains three entries, and a column from B contains three, so the shared index runs through three positions. Choosing one of A's two rows and one of B's four columns produces one output entry. Those row and column choices make the output two by four, with eight entries to calculate.

Calculate the first output row

B's first column is 1, 0, 1. Pair it with A's first row 1, 0, 2. The sum is 1 × 1 + 0 × 0 + 2 × 1 = 3, giving the first output entry. B's second column is 0, 1, 1. Using the same A row gives 1 × 0 + 0 × 1 + 2 × 1 = 2. Only the chosen B column changed between these calculations. A's first row remains intact until all four entries in that output row have been found.

B's third column is 0, 1, 0, so the next sum is 1 × 0 + 0 × 1 + 2 × 0 = 0. B's fourth column is 1, 0, 0, giving 1 × 1 + 0 × 0 + 2 × 0 = 1. The completed first row of AB is therefore 3, 2, 0, 1. Its zero in the third column is a defined result: three supplied products add to zero. It is not a marker for missing data or a product that failed the dimension check.

Calculate the second output row

Now keep A's second row, 0, 1, 1, and use the same four B columns. The first sum is 0 × 1 + 1 × 0 + 1 × 1 = 1. The second is 0 × 0 + 1 × 1 + 1 × 1 = 2. Both calculations use three corresponding pairs, just as the first output row did. A change in the left row changes values, but it does not change the shared index length or the number of output columns. The shape check remains the same for the entire product.

The third sum is 0 × 0 + 1 × 1 + 1 × 0 = 1. The fourth is 0 × 1 + 1 × 0 + 1 × 0 = 0. Thus AB has first row 3, 2, 0, 1 and second row 1, 2, 1, 0. Check all eight positions against their chosen A row and B column. A correct output shape alone would not establish these values, while one correct entry would not establish the other seven. The dimension check and the entry calculations perform different parts of the verification.

Locate the reverse-order mismatch

For BA, B is on the left and A is on the right. A whole B row has four entries. A whole A column has only two. The declared operation requires a corresponding entry for every position in both lists, so these inner lengths do not match. The attempted product fails that requirement before any output entry is available. Reusing the fact that AB was defined would overlook the changed roles of the operands. Compatibility for one order does not establish compatibility for the reverse order.

Inspect B's first row, 1, 0, 0, 1, beside A's first column, 1, 0. Multiplying just the first two pairs would leave part of the four-entry row outside the declared full pairing. A has no third or fourth row from which the missing column entries could be taken. They are absent positions, not supplied zeros. The zero coefficient in one part of B's row does not create an entry in A. Writing a partial sum would apply a new truncated rule, rather than calculate an entry of BA as defined here.

Do not label BA a zero matrix. That would assert a defined output filled with zero values, which the shape rule has not supplied. It is also different from the zero entries actually obtained in AB, where every required operand entry existed. Record undefined together with the exact inner sizes four and two. This gives the person checking the work a specific input condition to examine. Repeating the arithmetic or changing a displayed result cannot repair an absent index match while leaving both original operands and the operation unchanged.

State the general shape rule

Let a left array have m rows and n columns, and a right array have p rows and r columns, with all four sizes positive integers. A left row contains n entries and a right column contains p. The declared complete row-column pairing is defined when n = p. With that shared index, each choice of a left row and right column gives one summed value. There are m choices of row and r choices of column, so the resulting array has m rows and r columns. The shared inner size controls the sum length.

This rule separates the matching sizes from the resulting sizes. In AB, the matching threes disappear from the output shape label because they describe the index summed over, while the outer two and four identify the output rows and columns. They have not disappeared from the calculation: every output entry used three products. Shape notation is a compact record of that arrangement, not scalar multiplication of all four displayed dimension numbers. Knowing the total number of cells in each operand likewise does not replace the row and column counts needed for pairing.

Supply a changed operand openly

For a separate calculation, define D with four rows and two columns. Its rows are 1, 0; then 0, 1; then 1, 1; then 0, 0. B is still three by four, so BD now matches four entries in a B row with four in a D column. Its output has three rows and two columns. The calculated rows are 1, 0; then 1, 2; then 1, 1. For instance, the first entry is 1 × 1 + 0 × 0 + 0 × 1 + 1 × 0 = 1.

In the second row and second column, the sum is 0 × 0 + 1 × 1 + 1 × 1 + 0 × 0 = 2. Every entry of BD uses four supplied pairs. D is a new operand with its own shape and values. Its successful product does not make the earlier BA defined, and D must not be silently renamed A. The revised input shows how an explicit dimension match permits calculation under the same operation. It does not authorize inventing rows, discarding columns or changing an original array without recording the change.

Keep the supporting references separate

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Keep payment instructions outside the arrays

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Retain dimensions with the computed result

Save A's two-by-three shape, B's three-by-four shape and the complete two-by-four AB values together. For BA, retain the four-versus-two inner-size mismatch and the undefined status instead of a guessed output. Keep the new D and its BD result in a separate calculation. This record lets a later reader check what was requested, whether the operation existed, and whether every required sum was correct. The shape test belongs before the arithmetic, and an openly changed operand belongs beside its own result.