$a_{ij}$ and $b_{ij}$ elements of matrix A and B (same dimensions). I want to multiply the matrices element-wise so the resulting matrix $s$ have the same dimensions as A and B. Is this the correct way to express the mathematical operation? And are they the same?
\begin{equation} s = \sum_{i}^n \sum_{j}^n w_{ij} a_{ij} \label{eq:observert} \end{equation}
\begin{equation} s = w_{ij} \odot a_{ij} \label{eq:hadamard} \end{equation}
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$\begingroup$The first identity gives you a scalar, not a matrix
The Hadamard product of matrices $A$ and $B$ is usually denoted as $A\odot B$ and the element of $A\odot B$ is given by$$ (A\odot B)_{ij}=(A)_{ij}(B)_{ij} $$
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