mtimes

Matrix multiplication (A * B).

Syntax

C = mtimes(A, B)

Description

Returns the matrix product A * B. The number of columns of A must equal the number of rows of B. For scalar A or B, this is elementwise multiplication. Same as the * operator on matrices.

For elementwise array multiplication, use .* or times.

Examples

A = [1 2; 3 4]; B = [5 6; 7 8];
A * B                       % [19 22; 43 50]
mtimes(A, B)                % same

See also

• mrdivide — Matrix right division (A / B).
• mldivide — Matrix left division (A \ B).
• mpower — Matrix power (A ^ B).
• dot — Vector or array dot product.