crossprod {base} | R Documentation |
Matrix Crossproduct
Description
Given matrices x
and y
as arguments,
crossprod
returns their matrix cross-product.
This is formally equivalent to, but faster than, the
call t(x) %*% y
.
Usage
crossprod(x, y = NULL)
Arguments
x , y |
matrices: |
See Also
%*%
and outer product %o%
.
Examples
(z <- crossprod(1:4)) # = sum(1 + 2^2 + 3^2 + 4^2)
drop(z) # scalar