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Question: Addition of matrix and scalar

Question:Addition of matrix and scalar

John Fredsted 2238
matrix linear-algebra addition scalar
January 20 2014
1

The following code

restart:
A := Matrix(2,(i,j) -> a||i||j):
A + 1;
A + a;

produces the following output:

Why does Maple accept these additions, which mathematically are nonsensical? And why, if accepting these mathematically, does Maple not evaluate them analogously by putting the scalars either inside or outside the matrix in both cases?
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