issue with a*a

 a=[2 4 6 8 10 ; 3 6 9 12 15;4 8 12 16 20]

a =

     2     4     6     8    10
     3     6     9    12    15
     4     8    12    16    20

>> a*a Error using * Incorrect dimensions for matrix multiplication. Check that the number of columns in the first matrix matches the number of rows in the second matrix. To perform elementwise multiplication, use '.*'.

why i cannot find a*a in this case?

[madhan ravi]

Did you read here first of all ?

[madhan ravi]

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[Stephen23]

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Answer 1

[Stephen23]

It depends on what you expect to happen:

1. If you expect to multiply each element with itself, then just follow the instructions in the error message. I copied them from your question: "To perform elementwise multiplication, use '.*' ".

Did you try doing that? It works for me:

>> a.*a
ans =
     4    16    36    64   100
     9    36    81   144   225
    16    64   144   256   400

2. If you expect to multiply that matrix with itself (i.e. matrix multiplication), then that is impossible: the number of columns of the (first) matrix is not the same as the number of rows of the (second) matrix, so there is no way that works. (The fact that it is the same matrix is irrelevant).

As you have been told several times in the last few days, you need to learn the differences between matrix and array operations:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/array-vs-matrix-operations.html

You HAVE to learn this!