Fortran – Vector and Matrix Multiplication Functions

Fortran Vector and Matrix Multiplication Functions

In this guide, we will discuss Fortran vector and matrix multiplication functions. The following table describes the vector and matrix multiplication functions:

FunctionDescription
dot_product(vector_a, vector_b)This function returns a scalar product of two input vectors, which must have the same length.
matmul (matrix_a, matrix_b)It returns the matrix product of two matrices, which must be consistent, i.e. have the dimensions like (m, k) and (k, n)

Example

The following example demonstrates dot product:

program arrayDotProduct

   real, dimension(5) :: a, b
   integer:: i, asize, bsize
   
   asize = size(a)
   bsize = size(b)
   
   do i = 1, asize
      a(i) = i
   end do
   
   do i = 1, bsize
      b(i) = i*2
   end do
   
   do i = 1, asize
      Print *, a(i)
   end do
   
   do i = 1, bsize
      Print *, b(i)
   end do
   
   Print*, 'Vector Multiplication: Dot Product:'
   Print*, dot_product(a, b)
   
end program arrayDotProduct

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:

1.00000000    
2.00000000    
3.00000000    
4.00000000    
5.00000000    
2.00000000    
4.00000000    
6.00000000    
8.00000000    
10.0000000    
Vector Multiplication: Dot Product:
110.000000   

Example

The following example demonstrates matrix multiplication:

program matMulProduct

   integer, dimension(3,3) :: a, b, c
   integer :: i, j
    
   do i = 1, 3
      do j = 1, 3
         a(i, j) = i+j
      end do
   end do
   
   print *, 'Matrix Multiplication: A Matrix'
   
   do i = 1, 3
      do j = 1, 3
         print*, a(i, j)
      end do
   end do
   
   do i = 1, 3
      do j = 1, 3
         b(i, j) = i*j
      end do
   end do
   
   Print*, 'Matrix Multiplication: B Matrix'
   
   do i = 1, 3
      do j = 1, 3
         print*, b(i, j)
      end do
   end do
   
   c = matmul(a, b)
   Print*, 'Matrix Multiplication: Result Matrix'
   
   do i = 1, 3
      do j = 1, 3
         print*, c(i, j)
      end do
   end do
   
end program matMulProduct

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:

Matrix Multiplication: A Matrix
2
3
4
3
4
5
4
5
6
 Matrix Multiplication: B Matrix
1
2
3
2
4
6
3
6
9
Matrix Multiplication: Result Matrix
20
40
60
26
52
78
32
64
96

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