easy beginner question : how to sum up

I think this i quite easy for you guys - but ive not found an answer yet (perhaps because my english skills are limitated) I want to summ up two vektors like this V1 = [1 2 3] V2 = V1' (the transposed vektor) and I want to get the ?inner? sum
1 2 3
1
2
3
so that i get a matrix with this relsult ( so just row plus column )
2 3 4
3 4 5
4 5 6
would be really nice if you can help me. thx a lot

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You called this an inner sum. But really, the correct term would be a generalized outer product.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_product
James Tursa
James Tursa on 12 Apr 2017
Edited: James Tursa on 12 Apr 2017
OP is summing, not multiplying. I.e., an "outer sum" not an "outer product"

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 Accepted Answer

Use the bsxfun function with the @plus function:
A = [1 2 3];
B = bsxfun(@plus, A(:), A)
B =
2 3 4
3 4 5
4 5 6
(In R2017a, this implicit expansion is done automatically. I still prefer bsxfun because it will throw an error if I do something wrong.)

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How would bsxfun throw an error that implicit expansion won't?
I’ve not tried implicit expansion without bsxfun. I’m in no rush to do so.

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More Answers (2)

If you're using R2016b or later, simply
V1 + V1.'
In earlier versions
bsxfun(@plus, V1, V1.')
thx for the answer - helped a lot !

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