tf.linalg.matvec

Multiplies matrix a by vector b, producing a * b.

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tf.compat.v1.linalg.matvec

tf.linalg.matvec(
    a, b, transpose_a=False, adjoint_a=False, a_is_sparse=False, b_is_sparse=False,
    name=None
)

The matrix a must, following any transpositions, be a tensor of rank >= 2, and we must have shape(b) = shape(a)[:-2] + [shape(a)[-1]].

Both a and b must be of the same type. The supported types are: float16, float32, float64, int32, complex64, complex128.

Matrix a can be transposed or adjointed (conjugated and transposed) on the fly by setting one of the corresponding flag to True. These are False by default.

If one or both of the inputs contain a lot of zeros, a more efficient multiplication algorithm can be used by setting the corresponding a_is_sparse or b_is_sparse flag to True. These are False by default. This optimization is only available for plain matrices/vectors (rank-2/1 tensors) with datatypes bfloat16 or float32.

For example:

# 2-D tensor `a`
# [[1, 2, 3],
#  [4, 5, 6]]
a = tf.constant([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], shape=[2, 3])

# 1-D tensor `b`
# [7, 9, 11]
b = tf.constant([7, 9, 11], shape=[3])

# `a` * `b`
# [ 58,  64]
c = tf.matvec(a, b)


# 3-D tensor `a`
# [[[ 1,  2,  3],
#   [ 4,  5,  6]],
#  [[ 7,  8,  9],
#   [10, 11, 12]]]
a = tf.constant(np.arange(1, 13, dtype=np.int32),
                shape=[2, 2, 3])

# 2-D tensor `b`
# [[13, 14, 15],
#  [16, 17, 18]]
b = tf.constant(np.arange(13, 19, dtype=np.int32),
                shape=[2, 3])

# `a` * `b`
# [[ 86, 212],
#  [410, 563]]
c = tf.matvec(a, b)

Args
a	Tensor of type float16, float32, float64, int32, complex64, complex128 and rank > 1.
b	Tensor with same type and rank = rank(a) - 1.
transpose_a	If True, a is transposed before multiplication.
adjoint_a	If True, a is conjugated and transposed before multiplication.
a_is_sparse	If True, a is treated as a sparse matrix.
b_is_sparse	If True, b is treated as a sparse matrix.
name	Name for the operation (optional).

Returns
A Tensor of the same type as a and b where each inner-most vector is the product of the corresponding matrices in a and vectors in b, e.g. if all transpose or adjoint attributes are False: output[..., i] = sum_k (a[..., i, k] * b[..., k]), for all indices i.
Note	This is matrix-vector product, not element-wise product.

Raises
ValueError	If transpose_a and adjoint_a are both set to True.