The trouble with matrix multiplication « code monk

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     The trouble with matrix multiplication
2007-11-19

is that it’s not commutative. That means that when the SVG spec says  
in the documentation for the multiply method in the SVGMatrix DOM  
“this matrix is post-multiplied by another matrix” it really does  
matter which way round you do the multiplication of the two matrices.

In the call «A.multiply(B)», A is this and should be post-multiplied  
by B. In the usual mathematical convention the result should be AB.

Safari computes BA, Firefox computes AB. Oopsy.



     -- The trouble with matrix multiplication « code monk
     http://drj11.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-trouble-with-matrix-multiplication/
     Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:50:19 GMT

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