Creating a diagonal matrix from from a vector












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I try to create a function that create a diagonal matrix in which the diagonal are:



$qquad 1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n,1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n$



Here is my attempt:



nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix[Table[a^{Mod[k, n]}, {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]];


For some reason and I do not know wh,y the diagonal matrix is just one vector. So it seems DiagonalMatrix does not work as I expect.



Any idea as to where the mistake is in the function I created?






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    I try to create a function that create a diagonal matrix in which the diagonal are:



    $qquad 1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n,1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n$



    Here is my attempt:



    nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix[Table[a^{Mod[k, n]}, {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]];


    For some reason and I do not know wh,y the diagonal matrix is just one vector. So it seems DiagonalMatrix does not work as I expect.



    Any idea as to where the mistake is in the function I created?






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      I try to create a function that create a diagonal matrix in which the diagonal are:



      $qquad 1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n,1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n$



      Here is my attempt:



      nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix[Table[a^{Mod[k, n]}, {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]];


      For some reason and I do not know wh,y the diagonal matrix is just one vector. So it seems DiagonalMatrix does not work as I expect.



      Any idea as to where the mistake is in the function I created?






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      I try to create a function that create a diagonal matrix in which the diagonal are:



      $qquad 1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n,1,a,a^2, cdots,a^n$



      Here is my attempt:



      nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix[Table[a^{Mod[k, n]}, {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]];


      For some reason and I do not know wh,y the diagonal matrix is just one vector. So it seems DiagonalMatrix does not work as I expect.



      Any idea as to where the mistake is in the function I created?






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          Remove the braces around Mod:



          ClearAll[nth]
          
nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix@Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]
          

          
nth[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{cccccccccc}
          1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 \
          end{array}
          right)$




          Alternatively, you can use SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth2]
          
nth2[n_] := SparseArray[{k_, k_} :> a^Mod[k, n], {2 n - 1, 2 n - 1}]
          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result




          or use Band in combination with SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth3]
          
nth3[n_] := SparseArray[Band[{1, 1}] -> Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]]
          

          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result







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          • $begingroup$
            thanks.. it work perfectly.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago










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            which one more practical? I mean later i need to compute power of modified verson of this matrix. so it will be much more computation.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago








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            $begingroup$
            @henry, SparseArray +Band is likely to be the faster than DiagonalMatrix.
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            final question. If i use MatrixForm as a part of the function. does have any effect of efficiency of the computation?
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago






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            $begingroup$
            @henry, you should use MatrixForm is only for displaying (MatrixForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. )
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago











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          $begingroup$

          Remove the braces around Mod:



          ClearAll[nth]
          
nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix@Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]
          

          
nth[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{cccccccccc}
          1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 \
          end{array}
          right)$




          Alternatively, you can use SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth2]
          
nth2[n_] := SparseArray[{k_, k_} :> a^Mod[k, n], {2 n - 1, 2 n - 1}]
          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result




          or use Band in combination with SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth3]
          
nth3[n_] := SparseArray[Band[{1, 1}] -> Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]]
          

          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result







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          • $begingroup$
            thanks.. it work perfectly.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            which one more practical? I mean later i need to compute power of modified verson of this matrix. so it will be much more computation.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago








          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, SparseArray +Band is likely to be the faster than DiagonalMatrix.
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            final question. If i use MatrixForm as a part of the function. does have any effect of efficiency of the computation?
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, you should use MatrixForm is only for displaying (MatrixForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. )
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago
















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          $begingroup$

          Remove the braces around Mod:



          ClearAll[nth]
          
nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix@Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]
          

          
nth[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{cccccccccc}
          1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 \
          end{array}
          right)$




          Alternatively, you can use SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth2]
          
nth2[n_] := SparseArray[{k_, k_} :> a^Mod[k, n], {2 n - 1, 2 n - 1}]
          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result




          or use Band in combination with SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth3]
          
nth3[n_] := SparseArray[Band[{1, 1}] -> Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]]
          

          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result







          share|improve this answer











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          • $begingroup$
            thanks.. it work perfectly.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            which one more practical? I mean later i need to compute power of modified verson of this matrix. so it will be much more computation.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago








          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, SparseArray +Band is likely to be the faster than DiagonalMatrix.
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            final question. If i use MatrixForm as a part of the function. does have any effect of efficiency of the computation?
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, you should use MatrixForm is only for displaying (MatrixForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. )
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago














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          $begingroup$

          Remove the braces around Mod:



          ClearAll[nth]
          
nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix@Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]
          

          
nth[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{cccccccccc}
          1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 \
          end{array}
          right)$




          Alternatively, you can use SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth2]
          
nth2[n_] := SparseArray[{k_, k_} :> a^Mod[k, n], {2 n - 1, 2 n - 1}]
          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result




          or use Band in combination with SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth3]
          
nth3[n_] := SparseArray[Band[{1, 1}] -> Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]]
          

          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result







          share|improve this answer











          $endgroup$



          Remove the braces around Mod:



          ClearAll[nth]
          
nth[n_] := DiagonalMatrix@Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]
          

          
nth[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          $left(
          begin{array}{cccccccccc}
          1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a & 0 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^2 & 0 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^3 & 0 \
          0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & a^4 \
          end{array}
          right)$




          Alternatively, you can use SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth2]
          
nth2[n_] := SparseArray[{k_, k_} :> a^Mod[k, n], {2 n - 1, 2 n - 1}]
          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result




          or use Band in combination with SparseArray:



          ClearAll[nth3]
          
nth3[n_] := SparseArray[Band[{1, 1}] -> Table[a^Mod[k, n], {k, 0, 2 n - 1}]]
          

          
nth2[5] // MatrixForm // TeXForm



          same result








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          • $begingroup$
            thanks.. it work perfectly.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            which one more practical? I mean later i need to compute power of modified verson of this matrix. so it will be much more computation.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago








          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, SparseArray +Band is likely to be the faster than DiagonalMatrix.
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            final question. If i use MatrixForm as a part of the function. does have any effect of efficiency of the computation?
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, you should use MatrixForm is only for displaying (MatrixForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. )
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago


















          • $begingroup$
            thanks.. it work perfectly.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            which one more practical? I mean later i need to compute power of modified verson of this matrix. so it will be much more computation.
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago








          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, SparseArray +Band is likely to be the faster than DiagonalMatrix.
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago










          • $begingroup$
            final question. If i use MatrixForm as a part of the function. does have any effect of efficiency of the computation?
            $endgroup$
            – henry
            5 hours ago






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @henry, you should use MatrixForm is only for displaying (MatrixForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. )
            $endgroup$
            – kglr
            5 hours ago
















          $begingroup$
          thanks.. it work perfectly.
          $endgroup$
          – henry
          5 hours ago




          $begingroup$
          thanks.. it work perfectly.
          $endgroup$
          – henry
          5 hours ago












          $begingroup$
          which one more practical? I mean later i need to compute power of modified verson of this matrix. so it will be much more computation.
          $endgroup$
          – henry
          5 hours ago






          $begingroup$
          which one more practical? I mean later i need to compute power of modified verson of this matrix. so it will be much more computation.
          $endgroup$
          – henry
          5 hours ago






          1




          1




          $begingroup$
          @henry, SparseArray +Band is likely to be the faster than DiagonalMatrix.
          $endgroup$
          – kglr
          5 hours ago




          $begingroup$
          @henry, SparseArray +Band is likely to be the faster than DiagonalMatrix.
          $endgroup$
          – kglr
          5 hours ago












          $begingroup$
          final question. If i use MatrixForm as a part of the function. does have any effect of efficiency of the computation?
          $endgroup$
          – henry
          5 hours ago




          $begingroup$
          final question. If i use MatrixForm as a part of the function. does have any effect of efficiency of the computation?
          $endgroup$
          – henry
          5 hours ago




          1




          1




          $begingroup$
          @henry, you should use MatrixForm is only for displaying (MatrixForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. )
          $endgroup$
          – kglr
          5 hours ago




          $begingroup$
          @henry, you should use MatrixForm is only for displaying (MatrixForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. )
          $endgroup$
          – kglr
          5 hours ago


















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