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1 @c Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 David Bateman
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2 @c This is part of the Octave manual.
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3 @c For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi.
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6 @set htmltex
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8 @iftex
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12 @node Sparse Matrices
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13 @chapter Sparse Matrices
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15 @menu
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16 * Basics:: The Creation and Manipulation of Sparse Matrices
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17 * Sparse Linear Algebra:: Linear Algebra on Sparse Matrices
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18 * Iterative Techniques:: Iterative Techniques applied to Sparse Matrices
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19 * Real Life Example:: Real Life Example of the use of Sparse Matrices
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20 * Oct-Files:: Using Sparse Matrices in Oct-files
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21 * Function Reference:: Documentation from the Specific Sparse Functions
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22 @end menu
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24 @node Basics, Sparse Linear Algebra, Sparse Matrices, Sparse Matrices
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25 @section The Creation and Manipulation of Sparse Matrices
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27 The size of mathematical problems that can be treated at any particular
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28 time is generally limited by the available computing resources. Both,
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29 the speed of the computer and its available memory place limitation on
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30 the problem size.
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32 There are many classes of mathematical problems which give rise to
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33 matrices, where a large number of the elements are zero. In this case
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34 it makes sense to have a special matrix type to handle this class of
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35 problems where only the non-zero elements of the matrix are
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36 stored. Not only does this reduce the amount of memory to store the
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37 matrix, but it also means that operations on this type of matrix can
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38 take advantage of the a-priori knowledge of the positions of the
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39 non-zero elements to accelerate their calculations.
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41 A matrix type that stores only the non-zero elements is generally called
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42 sparse. It is the purpose of this document to discuss the basics of the
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43 storage and creation of sparse matrices and the fundamental operations
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44 on them.
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46 @menu
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47 * Storage:: Storage of Sparse Matrices
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48 * Creation:: Creating Sparse Matrices
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49 * Information:: Finding out Information about Sparse Matrices
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50 * Operators and Functions:: Basic Operators and Functions on Sparse Matrices
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51 @end menu
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53 @node Storage, Creation, Basics, Basics
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54 @subsection Storage of Sparse Matrices
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56 It is not strictly speaking necessary for the user to understand how
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57 sparse matrices are stored. However, such an understanding will help
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58 to get an understanding of the size of sparse matrices. Understanding
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59 the storage technique is also necessary for those users wishing to
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60 create their own oct-files.
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61
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62 There are many different means of storing sparse matrix data. What all
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63 of the methods have in common is that they attempt to reduce the complexity
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64 and storage given a-priori knowledge of the particular class of problems
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65 that will be solved. A good summary of the available techniques for storing
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66 sparse matrix is given by Saad @footnote{Youcef Saad "SPARSKIT: A basic toolkit
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67 for sparse matrix computation", 1994,
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68 @url{ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/dept/sparse/SPARSKIT2/DOC/paper.ps}}.
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69 With full matrices, knowledge of the point of an element of the matrix
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70 within the matrix is implied by its position in the computers memory.
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71 However, this is not the case for sparse matrices, and so the positions
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72 of the non-zero elements of the matrix must equally be stored.
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74 An obvious way to do this is by storing the elements of the matrix as
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75 triplets, with two elements being their position in the array
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76 (rows and column) and the third being the data itself. This is conceptually
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77 easy to grasp, but requires more storage than is strictly needed.
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79 The storage technique used within Octave is the compressed column
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80 format. In this format the position of each element in a row and the
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81 data are stored as previously. However, if we assume that all elements
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82 in the same column are stored adjacent in the computers memory, then
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83 we only need to store information on the number of non-zero elements
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84 in each column, rather than their positions. Thus assuming that the
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85 matrix has more non-zero elements than there are columns in the
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86 matrix, we win in terms of the amount of memory used.
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87
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88 In fact, the column index contains one more element than the number of
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89 columns, with the first element always being zero. The advantage of
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90 this is a simplification in the code, in that their is no special case
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91 for the first or last columns. A short example, demonstrating this in
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92 C is.
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94 @example
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95 for (j = 0; j < nc; j++)
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96 for (i = cidx (j); i < cidx(j+1); i++)
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97 printf ("non-zero element (%i,%i) is %d\n",
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98 ridx(i), j, data(i));
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99 @end example
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101 A clear understanding might be had by considering an example of how the
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102 above applies to an example matrix. Consider the matrix
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104 @example
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105 @group
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106 1 2 0 0
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108 0 0 0 4
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109 @end group
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110 @end example
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111
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112 The non-zero elements of this matrix are
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114 @example
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115 @group
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116 (1, 1) @result{} 1
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117 (1, 2) @result{} 2
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118 (2, 4) @result{} 3
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119 (3, 4) @result{} 4
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120 @end group
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121 @end example
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123 This will be stored as three vectors @var{cidx}, @var{ridx} and @var{data},
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124 representing the column indexing, row indexing and data respectively. The
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125 contents of these three vectors for the above matrix will be
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127 @example
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128 @group
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129 @var{cidx} = [0, 1, 2, 2, 4]
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130 @var{ridx} = [0, 0, 1, 2]
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131 @var{data} = [1, 2, 3, 4]
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132 @end group
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133 @end example
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134
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135 Note that this is the representation of these elements with the first row
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136 and column assumed to start at zero, while in Octave itself the row and
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137 column indexing starts at one. Thus the number of elements in the
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138 @var{i}-th column is given by @code{@var{cidx} (@var{i} + 1) -
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139 @var{cidx} (@var{i})}.
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141 Although Octave uses a compressed column format, it should be noted
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142 that compressed row formats are equally possible. However, in the
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143 context of mixed operations between mixed sparse and dense matrices,
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144 it makes sense that the elements of the sparse matrices are in the
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145 same order as the dense matrices. Octave stores dense matrices in
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146 column major ordering, and so sparse matrices are equally stored in
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147 this manner.
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149 A further constraint on the sparse matrix storage used by Octave is that
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150 all elements in the rows are stored in increasing order of their row
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154 such as concatenating two sparse matrices together easier and faster, however
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155 it adds complexity and speed problems elsewhere.
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158 @subsection Creating Sparse Matrices
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159
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160 There are several means to create sparse matrix.
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161
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162 @table @asis
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163 @item Returned from a function
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164 There are many functions that directly return sparse matrices. These include
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165 @dfn{speye}, @dfn{sprand}, @dfn{spdiag}, etc.
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166 @item Constructed from matrices or vectors
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167 The function @dfn{sparse} allows a sparse matrix to be constructed from
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168 three vectors representing the row, column and data. Alternatively, the
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169 function @dfn{spconvert} uses a three column matrix format to allow easy
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170 importation of data from elsewhere.
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171 @item Created and then filled
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172 The function @dfn{sparse} or @dfn{spalloc} can be used to create an empty
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174 @item From a user binary program
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175 The user can directly create the sparse matrix within an oct-file.
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176 @end table
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177
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178 There are several basic functions to return specific sparse
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179 matrices. For example the sparse identity matrix, is a matrix that is
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180 often needed. It therefore has its own function to create it as
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181 @code{speye (@var{n})} or @code{speye (@var{r}, @var{c})}, which
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182 creates an @var{n}-by-@var{n} or @var{r}-by-@var{c} sparse identity
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183 matrix.
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184
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185 Another typical sparse matrix that is often needed is a random distribution
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186 of random elements. The functions @dfn{sprand} and @dfn{sprandn} perform
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187 this for uniform and normal random distributions of elements. They have exactly
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188 the same calling convention, where @code{sprand (@var{r}, @var{c}, @var{d})},
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189 creates an @var{r}-by-@var{c} sparse matrix with a density of filled
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190 elements of @var{d}.
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191
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192 Other functions of interest that directly creates a sparse matrices, are
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194 definition of the diagonals of the matrix and create the sparse matrix
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195 that corresponds to this. For example
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196
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197 @example
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198 s = diag (sparse(randn(1,n)), -1);
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199 @end example
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200
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202 diagonal defined.
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205 two vectors containing the row and column index of the data and a third
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207
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208 @example
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209 function x = foo (r, j)
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210 idx = randperm (r);
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211 x = ([zeros(r-2,1); rand(2,1)])(idx);
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212 endfunction
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214 ri = [];
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215 ci = [];
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216 d = [];
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217
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218 for j=1:c
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219 dtmp = foo (r, j); # Returns vector of length r with (:,j) values
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220 idx = find (dtmp != 0.);
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221 ri = [ri; idx];
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222 ci = [ci; j*ones(length(idx),1)];
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223 d = [d; dtmp(idx)];
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224 endfor
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225 s = sparse (ri, ci, d, r, c);
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226 @end example
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227
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229 2 elements per row. The elements of the vectors do not need to be sorted in
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230 any particular order as Octave will sort them prior to storing the
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231 data. However, pre-sorting the data will make the creation of the sparse
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232 matrix faster.
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233
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234 The function @dfn{spconvert} takes a three or four column real matrix.
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235 The first two columns represent the row and column index respectively and
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236 the third and four columns, the real and imaginary parts of the sparse
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237 matrix. The matrix can contain zero elements and the elements can be
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238 sorted in any order. Adding zero elements is a convenient way to define
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239 the size of the sparse matrix. For example
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240
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241 @example
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242 s = spconvert ([1 2 3 4; 1 3 4 4; 1 2 3 0]')
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243 @result{} Compressed Column Sparse (rows=4, cols=4, nnz=3)
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246 (3 , 4) -> 3
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247 @end example
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248
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249 An example of creating and filling a matrix might be
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250
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251 @example
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252 k = 5;
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253 nz = r * k;
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254 s = spalloc (r, c, nz)
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255 for j = 1:c
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256 idx = randperm (r);
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257 s (:, j) = [zeros(r - k, 1); ...
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258 rand(k, 1)] (idx);
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259 endfor
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260 @end example
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261
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262 It should be noted, that due to the way that the Octave
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263 assignment functions are written that the assignment will reallocate
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264 the memory used by the sparse matrix at each iteration of the above loop.
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265 Therefore the @dfn{spalloc} function ignores the @var{nz} argument and
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266 does not preassign the memory for the matrix. Therefore, it is vitally
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267 important that code using to above structure should be vectorized
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268 as much as possible to minimize the number of assignments and reduce the
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269 number of memory allocations.
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271 The above problem can be avoided in oct-files. However, the
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273 can be discussed in this brief introduction, and you are referred to
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274 section @ref{Oct-Files}, to have a full description of the techniques
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275 involved.
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277 @node Information, Operators and Functions, Creation, Basics
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278 @subsection Finding out Information about Sparse Matrices
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279
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280 There are a number of functions that allow information concerning
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281 sparse matrices to be obtained. The most basic of these is
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282 @dfn{issparse} that identifies whether a particular Octave object is
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283 in fact a sparse matrix.
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284
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285 Another very basic function is @dfn{nnz} that returns the number of
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286 non-zero entries there are in a sparse matrix, while the function
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287 @dfn{nzmax} returns the amount of storage allocated to the sparse
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288 matrix. Note that Octave tends to crop unused memory at the first
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289 opportunity for sparse objects. There are some cases of user created
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290 sparse objects where the value returned by @dfn{nzmaz} will not be
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291 the same as @dfn{nnz}, but in general they will give the same
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292 result. The function @dfn{spstats} returns some basic statistics on
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293 the columns of a sparse matrix including the number of elements, the
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294 mean and the variance of each column.
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295
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296 When solving linear equations involving sparse matrices Octave
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297 determines the means to solve the equation based on the type of the
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298 matrix as discussed in @ref{Sparse Linear Algebra}. Octave probes the
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299 matrix type when the div (/) or ldiv (\) operator is first used with
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300 the matrix and then caches the type. However the @dfn{matrix_type}
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301 function can be used to determine the type of the sparse matrix prior
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302 to use of the div or ldiv operators. For example
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303
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304 @example
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305 a = tril (sprandn(1024, 1024, 0.02), -1) ...
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306 + speye(1024);
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307 matrix_type (a);
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308 ans = Lower
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309 @end example
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310
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311 show that Octave correctly determines the matrix type for lower
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312 triangular matrices. @dfn{matrix_type} can also be used to force
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313 the type of a matrix to be a particular type. For example
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314
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315 @example
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316 a = matrix_type (tril (sprandn (1024, ...
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317 1024, 0.02), -1) + speye(1024), 'Lower');
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318 @end example
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319
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320 This allows the cost of determining the matrix type to be
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321 avoided. However, incorrectly defining the matrix type will result in
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322 incorrect results from solutions of linear equations, and so it is
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323 entirely the responsibility of the user to correctly identify the
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324 matrix type
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325
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326 There are several graphical means of finding out information about
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327 sparse matrices. The first is the @dfn{spy} command, which displays
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328 the structure of the non-zero elements of the
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329 matrix. @xref{fig:spmatrix}, for an exaple of the use of
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330 @dfn{spy}.More advanced graphical information can be obtained with the
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331 @dfn{treeplot}, @dfn{etreeplot} and @dfn{gplot} commands.
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332
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333 @float Figure,fig:spmatrix
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334 @ifinfo
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335 @example
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336 @include spmatrix.txt
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337 @end example
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338 @end ifinfo
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339 @ifset htmltex
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340 @image{spmatrix,8cm}
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341 @end ifset
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342 @caption{Structure of simple sparse matrix.}
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343 @end float
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344
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345 One use of sparse matrices is in graph theory, where the
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346 interconnections between nodes is represented as an adjacency
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347 matrix. That is, if the i-th node in a graph is connected to the j-th
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348 node. Then the ij-th node (and in the case of undirected graphs the
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349 ji-th node) of the sparse adjacency matrix is non-zero. If each node
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350 is then associated with a set of co-ordinates, then the @dfn{gplot}
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351 command can be used to graphically display the interconnections
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352 between nodes.
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353
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354 As a trivial example of the use of @dfn{gplot}, consider the example
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355
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356 @example
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357 A = sparse([2,6,1,3,2,4,3,5,4,6,1,5],
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358 [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6],1,6,6);
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359 xy = [0,4,8,6,4,2;5,0,5,7,5,7]';
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360 gplot(A,xy)
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361 @end example
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362
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363 which creates an adjacency matrix @code{A} where node 1 is connected
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364 to nodes 2 and 6, node 2 with nodes 1 and 3, etc. The co-ordinates of
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365 the nodes are given in the n-by-2 matrix @code{xy}.
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366 @ifset htmltex
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367 @xref{fig:gplot}.
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368
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369 @float Figure,fig:gplot
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370 @image{gplot,8cm}
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371 @caption{Simple use of the @dfn{gplot} command.}
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372 @end float
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373 @end ifset
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374
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375 The dependencies between the nodes of a Cholesky factorization can be
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376 calculated in linear time without explicitly needing to calculate the
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377 Cholesky factorization by the @code{etree} command. This command
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378 returns the elimination tree of the matrix and can be displayed
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379 graphically by the command @code{treeplot(etree(A))} if @code{A} is
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380 symmetric or @code{treeplot(etree(A+A'))} otherwise.
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381
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382 @node Operators and Functions, , Information, Basics
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383 @subsection Basic Operators and Functions on Sparse Matrices
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384
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385 @menu
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386 * Functions:: Sparse Functions
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387 * ReturnType:: The Return Types of Operators and Functions
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388 * MathConsiderations:: Mathematical Considerations
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389 @end menu
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390
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391 @node Functions, ReturnType, Operators and Functions, Operators and Functions
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392 @subsubsection Sparse Functions
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393
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394 An important consideration in the use of the sparse functions of
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395 Octave is that many of the internal functions of Octave, such as
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396 @dfn{diag}, can not accept sparse matrices as an input. The sparse
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397 implementation in Octave therefore uses the @dfn{dispatch}
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398 function to overload the normal Octave functions with equivalent
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399 functions that work with sparse matrices. However, at any time the
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400 sparse matrix specific version of the function can be used by
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401 explicitly calling its function name.
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402
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403 The table below lists all of the sparse functions of Octave
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404 together (with possible future extensions that are currently
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405 unimplemented, listed last). Note that in this specific sparse forms
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406 of the functions are typically the same as the general versions with a
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407 @dfn{sp} prefix. In the table below, and the rest of this article
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408 the specific sparse versions of the functions are used.
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409
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410 @table @asis
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411 @item Generate sparse matrices:
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412 @dfn{spalloc}, @dfn{spdiags}, @dfn{speye}, @dfn{sprand},
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413 @dfn{sprandn}, @dfn{sprandsym}
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414
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415 @item Sparse matrix conversion:
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416 @dfn{full}, @dfn{sparse}, @dfn{spconvert}, @dfn{spfind}
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417
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418 @item Manipulate sparse matrices
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419 @dfn{issparse}, @dfn{nnz}, @dfn{nonzeros}, @dfn{nzmax},
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420 @dfn{spfun}, @dfn{spones}, @dfn{spy},
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422 @item Graph Theory:
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423 @dfn{etree}, @dfn{etreeplot}, @dfn{gplot},
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424 @dfn{treeplot}, (treelayout)
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425
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426 @item Sparse matrix reordering:
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427 @dfn{ccolamd}, @dfn{colamd}, @dfn{colperm},
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428 @dfn{csymamd}, @dfn{dmperm}, @dfn{symamd}, @dfn{randperm}, (symrcm)
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429
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430 @item Linear algebra:
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431 @dfn{matrix\_type}, @dfn{spchol}, @dfn{cpcholinv},
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432 @dfn{spchol2inv}, @dfn{spdet}, @dfn{spinv}, @dfn{spkron},
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433 @dfn{splchol}, @dfn{splu}, @dfn{spqr}, (condest, eigs, normest,
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434 sprank, svds, spaugment)
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435
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436 @item Iterative techniques:
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437 @dfn{luinc}, (bicg, bicgstab, cholinc, cgs, gmres, lsqr, minres,
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438 pcg, pcr, qmr, symmlq)
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439
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440 @item Miscellaneous:
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441 @dfn{spparms}, @dfn{symbfact}, @dfn{spstats},
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442 @dfn{spprod}, @dfn{spcumsum}, @dfn{spsum},
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443 @dfn{spsumsq}, @dfn{spmin}, @dfn{spmax}, @dfn{spatan2},
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444 @dfn{spdiag}
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445 @end table
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446
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447 In addition all of the standard Octave mapper functions (ie. basic
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448 math functions that take a single argument) such as @dfn{abs}, etc
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449 can accept sparse matrices. The reader is referred to the documentation
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450 supplied with these functions within Octave itself for further
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451 details.
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452
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453 @node ReturnType, MathConsiderations, Functions, Operators and Functions
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454 @subsubsection The Return Types of Operators and Functions
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455
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456 The two basic reasons to use sparse matrices are to reduce the memory
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457 usage and to not have to do calculations on zero elements. The two are
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458 closely related in that the computation time on a sparse matrix operator
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459 or function is roughly linear with the number of non-zero elements.
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460
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461 Therefore, there is a certain density of non-zero elements of a matrix
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462 where it no longer makes sense to store it as a sparse matrix, but rather
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463 as a full matrix. For this reason operators and functions that have a
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464 high probability of returning a full matrix will always return one. For
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465 example adding a scalar constant to a sparse matrix will almost always
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466 make it a full matrix, and so the example
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467
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468 @example
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469 speye(3) + 0
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470 @result{} 1 0 0
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471 0 1 0
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472 0 0 1
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473 @end example
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474
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475 returns a full matrix as can be seen. Additionally all sparse functions
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476 test the amount of memory occupied by the sparse matrix to see if the
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477 amount of storage used is larger than the amount used by the full
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478 equivalent. Therefore @code{speye (2) * 1} will return a full matrix as
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479 the memory used is smaller for the full version than the sparse version.
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480
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481 As all of the mixed operators and functions between full and sparse
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482 matrices exist, in general this does not cause any problems. However,
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483 one area where it does cause a problem is where a sparse matrix is
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484 promoted to a full matrix, where subsequent operations would resparsify
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485 the matrix. Such cases are rare, but can be artificially created, for
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486 example @code{(fliplr(speye(3)) + speye(3)) - speye(3)} gives a full
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487 matrix when it should give a sparse one. In general, where such cases
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488 occur, they impose only a small memory penalty.
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489
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490 There is however one known case where this behavior of Octave's
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491 sparse matrices will cause a problem. That is in the handling of the
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492 @dfn{diag} function. Whether @dfn{diag} returns a sparse or full matrix
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493 depending on the type of its input arguments. So
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494
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495 @example
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496 a = diag (sparse([1,2,3]), -1);
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497 @end example
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498
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499 should return a sparse matrix. To ensure this actually happens, the
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500 @dfn{sparse} function, and other functions based on it like @dfn{speye},
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501 always returns a sparse matrix, even if the memory used will be larger
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502 than its full representation.
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503
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504 @node MathConsiderations, , ReturnType, Operators and Functions
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505 @subsubsection Mathematical Considerations
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506
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507 The attempt has been made to make sparse matrices behave in exactly the
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508 same manner as there full counterparts. However, there are certain differences
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509 and especially differences with other products sparse implementations.
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510
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511 Firstly, the "./" and ".^" operators must be used with care. Consider what
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512 the examples
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513
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514 @example
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515 s = speye (4);
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516 a1 = s .^ 2;
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517 a2 = s .^ s;
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518 a3 = s .^ -2;
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519 a4 = s ./ 2;
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520 a5 = 2 ./ s;
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521 a6 = s ./ s;
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522 @end example
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523
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524 will give. The first example of @var{s} raised to the power of 2 causes
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525 no problems. However @var{s} raised element-wise to itself involves a
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526 a large number of terms @code{0 .^ 0} which is 1. There @code{@var{s} .^
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527 @var{s}} is a full matrix.
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528
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529 Likewise @code{@var{s} .^ -2} involves terms terms like @code{0 .^ -2} which
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530 is infinity, and so @code{@var{s} .^ -2} is equally a full matrix.
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531
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532 For the "./" operator @code{@var{s} ./ 2} has no problems, but
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533 @code{2 ./ @var{s}} involves a large number of infinity terms as well
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534 and is equally a full matrix. The case of @code{@var{s} ./ @var{s}}
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535 involves terms like @code{0 ./ 0} which is a @code{NaN} and so this
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536 is equally a full matrix with the zero elements of @var{s} filled with
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537 @code{NaN} values.
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538
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539 The above behavior is consistent with full matrices, but is not
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540 consistent with sparse implementations in other products.
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541
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542 A particular problem of sparse matrices comes about due to the fact that
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543 as the zeros are not stored, the sign-bit of these zeros is equally not
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544 stored. In certain cases the sign-bit of zero is important. For example
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545
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546 @example
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547 a = 0 ./ [-1, 1; 1, -1];
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548 b = 1 ./ a
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549 @result{} -Inf Inf
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550 Inf -Inf
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551 c = 1 ./ sparse (a)
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552 @result{} Inf Inf
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553 Inf Inf
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554 @end example
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555
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556 To correct this behavior would mean that zero elements with a negative
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557 sign-bit would need to be stored in the matrix to ensure that their
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558 sign-bit was respected. This is not done at this time, for reasons of
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559 efficient, and so the user is warned that calculations where the sign-bit
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560 of zero is important must not be done using sparse matrices.
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561
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562 In general any function or operator used on a sparse matrix will
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563 result in a sparse matrix with the same or a larger number of non-zero
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564 elements than the original matrix. This is particularly true for the
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565 important case of sparse matrix factorizations. The usual way to
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566 address this is to reorder the matrix, such that its factorization is
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567 sparser than the factorization of the original matrix. That is the
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568 factorization of @code{L * U = P * S * Q} has sparser terms @code{L}
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569 and @code{U} than the equivalent factorization @code{L * U = S}.
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570
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571 Several functions are available to reorder depending on the type of the
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572 matrix to be factorized. If the matrix is symmetric positive-definite,
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573 then @dfn{symamd} or @dfn{csymamd} should be used. Otherwise
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574 @dfn{colamd} or @dfn{ccolamd} should be used. For completeness
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575 the reordering functions @dfn{colperm} and @dfn{randperm} are
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576 also available.
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577
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578 @xref{fig:simplematrix}, for an example of the structure of a simple
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579 positive definite matrix.
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581 @float Figure,fig:simplematrix
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582 @ifinfo
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583 @example
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584 @include spmatrix.txt
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585 @end example
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586 @end ifinfo
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587 @ifset htmltex
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588 @image{spmatrix,8cm}
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589 @end ifset
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590 @caption{Structure of simple sparse matrix.}
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591 @end float
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592
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593 The standard Cholesky factorization of this matrix, can be
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594 obtained by the same command that would be used for a full
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595 matrix. This can be visualized with the command
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596 @code{r = chol(A); spy(r);}.
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597 @ifset HAVE_CHOLMOD
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598 @ifset HAVE_COLAMD
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599 @xref{fig:simplechol}.
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600 @end ifset
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601 @end ifset
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602 The original matrix had
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603 @ifinfo
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604 @ifnothtml
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605 43
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606 @end ifnothtml
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607 @end ifinfo
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608 @ifset htmltex
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609 598
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610 @end ifset
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611 non-zero terms, while this Cholesky factorization has
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612 @ifinfo
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613 @ifnothtml
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614 71,
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615 @end ifnothtml
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616 @end ifinfo
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617 @ifset htmltex
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618 10200,
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619 @end ifset
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620 with only half of the symmetric matrix being stored. This
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621 is a significant level of fill in, and although not an issue
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622 for such a small test case, can represents a large overhead
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623 in working with other sparse matrices.
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624
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625 The appropriate sparsity preserving permutation of the original
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626 matrix is given by @dfn{symamd} and the factorization using this
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627 reordering can be visualized using the command @code{q = symamd(A);
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628 r = chol(A(q,q)); spy(r)}. This gives
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629 @ifinfo
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630 @ifnothtml
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631 29
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632 @end ifnothtml
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633 @end ifinfo
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634 @ifset htmltex
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635 399
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636 @end ifset
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637 non-zero terms which is a significant improvement.
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638
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639 The Cholesky factorization itself can be used to determine the
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640 appropriate sparsity preserving reordering of the matrix during the
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641 factorization, In that case this might be obtained with three return
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642 arguments as r@code{[r, p, q] = chol(A); spy(r)}.
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643
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644 @ifset HAVE_CHOLMOD
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645 @ifset HAVE_COLAMD
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646 @float Figure,fig:simplechol
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647 @ifinfo
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648 @example
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649 @include spchol.txt
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650 @end example
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651 @end ifinfo
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652 @ifset htmltex
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653 @image{spchol,8cm}
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654 @end ifset
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655 @caption{Structure of the un-permuted Cholesky factorization of the above matrix.}
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656 @end float
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657
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658 @float Figure,fig:simplecholperm
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659 @ifinfo
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660 @example
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661 @include spcholperm.txt
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662 @end example
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663 @end ifinfo
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664 @ifset htmltex
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665 @image{spcholperm,8cm}
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666 @end ifset
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667 @caption{Structure of the permuted Cholesky factorization of the above matrix.}
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668 @end float
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669 @end ifset
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670 @end ifset
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671
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672 In the case of an asymmetric matrix, the appropriate sparsity
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673 preserving permutation is @dfn{colamd} and the factorization using
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674 this reordering can be visualized using the command @code{q =
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675 colamd(A); [l, u, p] = lu(A(:,q)); spy(l+u)}.
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676
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677 Finally, Octave implicitly reorders the matrix when using the div (/)
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678 and ldiv (\) operators, and so no the user does not need to explicitly
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679 reorder the matrix to maximize performance.
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680
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681 @node Sparse Linear Algebra, Iterative Techniques, Basics, Sparse Matrices
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682 @section Linear Algebra on Sparse Matrices
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683
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684 Octave includes a poly-morphic solver for sparse matrices, where
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685 the exact solver used to factorize the matrix, depends on the properties
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686 of the sparse matrix itself. Generally, the cost of determining the matrix type
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687 is small relative to the cost of factorizing the matrix itself, but in any
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688 case the matrix type is cached once it is calculated, so that it is not
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689 re-determined each time it is used in a linear equation.
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690
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691 The selection tree for how the linear equation is solve is
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692
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693 @enumerate 1
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694 @item If the matrix is diagonal, solve directly and goto 8
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695
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696 @item If the matrix is a permuted diagonal, solve directly taking into
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697 account the permutations. Goto 8
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698
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699 @item If the matrix is square, banded and if the band density is less
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700 than that given by @code{spparms ("bandden")} continue, else goto 4.
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701
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702 @enumerate a
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703 @item If the matrix is tridiagonal and the right-hand side is not sparse
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704 continue, else goto 3b.
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705
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706 @enumerate
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707 @item If the matrix is hermitian, with a positive real diagonal, attempt
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708 Cholesky factorization using @sc{Lapack} xPTSV.
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709
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710 @item If the above failed or the matrix is not hermitian with a positive
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711 real diagonal use Gaussian elimination with pivoting using
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712 @sc{Lapack} xGTSV, and goto 8.
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713 @end enumerate
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714
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715 @item If the matrix is hermitian with a positive real diagonal, attempt
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716 Cholesky factorization using @sc{Lapack} xPBTRF.
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717
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718 @item if the above failed or the matrix is not hermitian with a positive
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719 real diagonal use Gaussian elimination with pivoting using
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720 @sc{Lapack} xGBTRF, and goto 8.
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721 @end enumerate
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722
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723 @item If the matrix is upper or lower triangular perform a sparse forward
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724 or backward substitution, and goto 8
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725
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726 @item If the matrix is a upper triangular matrix with column permutations
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727 or lower triangular matrix with row permutations, perform a sparse forward
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728 or backward substitution, and goto 8
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729
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730 @item If the matrix is square, hermitian with a real positive diagonal, attempt
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731 sparse Cholesky factorization using CHOLMOD.
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732
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733 @item If the sparse Cholesky factorization failed or the matrix is not
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734 hermitian with a real positive diagonal, and the matrix is square, factorize
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735 using UMFPACK.
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736
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737 @item If the matrix is not square, or any of the previous solvers flags
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738 a singular or near singular matrix, find a minimum norm solution using
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739 CXSPARSE@footnote{CHOLMOD, UMFPACK and CXSPARSE are written by Tim Davis
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740 and are available at http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/}.
5164
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741 @end enumerate
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742
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diff changeset
743 The band density is defined as the number of non-zero values in the matrix
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parents:
diff changeset
744 divided by the number of non-zero values in the matrix. The banded matrix
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diff changeset
745 solvers can be entirely disabled by using @dfn{spparms} to set @code{bandden}
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parents:
diff changeset
746 to 1 (i.e. @code{spparms ("bandden", 1)}).
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747
5681
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748 The QR solver factorizes the problem with a Dulmage-Mendhelsohn, to
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diff changeset
749 seperate the problem into blocks that can be treated as over-determined,
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diff changeset
750 multiple well determined blocks, and a final over-determined block. For
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751 matrices with blocks of strongly connectted nodes this is a big win as
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diff changeset
752 LU decomposition can be used for many blocks. It also significantly
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diff changeset
753 improves the chance of finding a solution to over-determined problems
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754 rather than just returning a vector of @dfn{NaN}'s.
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diff changeset
755
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diff changeset
756 All of the solvers above, can calculate an estimate of the condition
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diff changeset
757 number. This can be used to detect numerical stability problems in the
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diff changeset
758 solution and force a minimum norm solution to be used. However, for
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759 narrow banded, triangular or diagonal matrices, the cost of
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760 calculating the condition number is significant, and can in fact
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761 exceed the cost of factoring the matrix. Therefore the condition
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762 number is not calculated in these case, and octave relies on simplier
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diff changeset
763 techniques to detect sinular matrices or the underlying LAPACK code in
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diff changeset
764 the case of banded matrices.
5164
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diff changeset
765
5322
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766 The user can force the type of the matrix with the @code{matrix_type}
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767 function. This overcomes the cost of discovering the type of the matrix.
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diff changeset
768 However, it should be noted incorrectly identifying the type of the matrix
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diff changeset
769 will lead to unpredictable results, and so @code{matrix_type} should be
5506
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diff changeset
770 used with care.
5322
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diff changeset
771
5648
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772 @node Iterative Techniques, Real Life Example, Sparse Linear Algebra, Sparse Matrices
5164
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773 @section Iterative Techniques applied to sparse matrices
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774
5648
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775 WRITE ME OR DELETE ME IF THERE ARE NO ITERATIVE SOLVERS IN OCTAVE 3.0
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776
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777 @node Real Life Example, Oct-Files, Iterative Techniques, Sparse Matrices
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778 @section Real Life Example of the use of Sparse Matrices
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779
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780 A common application for sparse matrices is in the solution of Finite
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781 Element Models. Finite element models allow numerical solution of
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782 partial differential equations that do not have closed form solutions,
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783 typically because of the complex shape of the domain.
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784
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diff changeset
785 In order to motivate this application, we consider the boundary value
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diff changeset
786 Laplace equation. This system can model scalar potential fields, such
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787 as heat or electrical potential. Given a medium
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788 @iftex
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789 @tex
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790 $\Omega$
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791 @end tex
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792 @end iftex
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793 @ifinfo
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794 Omega
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diff changeset
795 @end ifinfo
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diff changeset
796 with boundary
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797 @iftex
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798 @tex
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799 $\partial\Omega$
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800 @end tex
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801 @end iftex
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802 @ifinfo
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803 dOmega
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804 @end ifinfo
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805 . At all points on the
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diff changeset
806 @iftex
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807 @tex
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808 $\partial\Omega$
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809 @end tex
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810 @end iftex
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diff changeset
811 @ifinfo
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812 dOmega
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813 @end ifinfo
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814 the boundary conditions are known, and we wish to calculate the potential in
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815 @iftex
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816 @tex
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817 $\Omega$
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818 @end tex
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819 @end iftex
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820 @ifinfo
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821 Omega
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diff changeset
822 @end ifinfo
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diff changeset
823 . Boundary conditions may specify the potential (Dirichlet
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diff changeset
824 boundary condition), its normal derivative across the boundary
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825 (Neumann boundary condition), or a weighted sum of the potential and
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826 its derivative (Cauchy boundary condition).
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diff changeset
827
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diff changeset
828 In a thermal model, we want to calculate the temperature in
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diff changeset
829 @iftex
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diff changeset
830 @tex
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831 $\Omega$
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832 @end tex
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833 @end iftex
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diff changeset
834 @ifinfo
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835 Omega
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diff changeset
836 @end ifinfo
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837 and know the boundary temperature (Dirichlet condition)
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diff changeset
838 or heat flux (from which we can calculate the Neumann condition
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839 by dividing by the thermal conductivity at the boundary). Similarly,
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840 in an electrical model, we want to calculate the voltage in
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841 @iftex
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diff changeset
842 @tex
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843 $\Omega$
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844 @end tex
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845 @end iftex
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846 @ifinfo
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847 Omega
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848 @end ifinfo
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849 and know the boundary voltage (Dirichlet) or current
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850 (Neumann condition after diving by the electrical conductivity).
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851 In an electrical model, it is common for much of the boundary
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852 to be electrically isolated; this is a Neumann boundary condition
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853 with the current equal to zero.
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854
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855 The simplest finite element models will divide
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856 @iftex
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857 @tex
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858 $\Omega$
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859 @end tex
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860 @end iftex
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861 @ifinfo
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862 Omega
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863 @end ifinfo
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864 into simplexes (triangles in 2D, pyramids in 3D).
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865 @ifset htmltex
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866 We take as an 3D example a cylindrical liquid filled tank with a small
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867 non-conductive ball from the EIDORS project@footnote{EIDORS - Electrical
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868 Impedance Tomography and Diffuse optical Tomography Reconstruction Software
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869 @url{http://eidors3d.sourceforge.net}}. This is model is designed to reflect
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870 an application of electrical impedance tomography, where current patterns
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871 are applied to such a tank in order to image the internal conductivity
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872 distribution. In order to describe the FEM geometry, we have a matrix of
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873 vertices @code{nodes} and simplices @code{elems}.
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874 @end ifset
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875
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876 The following example creates a simple rectangular 2D electrically
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877 conductive medium with 10 V and 20 V imposed on opposite sides
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878 (Dirichlet boundary conditions). All other edges are electrically
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879 isolated.
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880
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881 @example
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882 node_y= [1;1.2;1.5;1.8;2]*ones(1,11);
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883 node_x= ones(5,1)*[1,1.05,1.1,1.2, ...
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884 1.3,1.5,1.7,1.8,1.9,1.95,2];
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885 nodes= [node_x(:), node_y(:)];
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886
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887 [h,w]= size(node_x);
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888 elems= [];
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889 for idx= 1:w-1
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890 widx= (idx-1)*h;
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891 elems= [elems; ...
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892 widx+[(1:h-1);(2:h);h+(1:h-1)]'; ...
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893 widx+[(2:h);h+(2:h);h+(1:h-1)]' ];
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894 endfor
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895
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896 E= size(elems,1); # No. of simplices
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897 N= size(nodes,1); # No. of vertices
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898 D= size(elems,2); # dimensions+1
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899 @end example
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900
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901 This creates a N-by-2 matrix @code{nodes} and a E-by-3 matrix
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902 @code{elems} with values, which define finite element triangles:
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904 @example
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905 nodes(1:7,:)'
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906 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.05 1.05 ...
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907 1.00 1.20 1.50 1.80 2.00 1.00 1.20 ...
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908
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909 elems(1:7,:)'
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910 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 ...
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911 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 ...
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912 6 7 8 9 6 7 8 ...
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913 @end example
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914
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915 Using a first order FEM, we approximate the electrical conductivity
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916 distribution in
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917 @iftex
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918 @tex
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919 $\Omega$
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920 @end tex
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921 @end iftex
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922 @ifinfo
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923 Omega
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924 @end ifinfo
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925 as constant on each simplex (represented by the vector @code{conductivity}).
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926 Based on the finite element geometry, we first calculate a system (or
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927 stiffness) matrix for each simplex (represented as 3-by-3 elements on the
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928 diagonal of the element-wise system matrix @code{SE}. Based on @code{SE}
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929 and a N-by-DE connectivity matrix @code{C}, representing the connections
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930 between simplices and vectices, the global connectivity matrix @code{S} is
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931 calculated.
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932
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933 @example
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934 # Element conductivity
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935 conductivity= [1*ones(1,16), ...
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936 2*ones(1,48), 1*ones(1,16)];
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937
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938 # Connectivity matrix
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939 C = sparse ((1:D*E), reshape (elems', ...
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940 D*E, 1), 1, D*E, N);
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941
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942 # Calculate system matrix
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943 Siidx = floor ([0:D*E-1]'/D) * D * ...
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944 ones(1,D) + ones(D*E,1)*(1:D) ;
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945 Sjidx = [1:D*E]'*ones(1,D);
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946 Sdata = zeros(D*E,D);
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947 dfact = factorial(D-1);
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948 for j=1:E
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949 a = inv([ones(D,1), ...
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950 nodes(elems(j,:), :)]);
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951 const = conductivity(j) * 2 / ...
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952 dfact / abs(det(a));
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953 Sdata(D*(j-1)+(1:D),:) = const * ...
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954 a(2:D,:)' * a(2:D,:);
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955 endfor
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956 # Element-wise system matrix
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957 SE= sparse(Siidx,Sjidx,Sdata);
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958 # Global system matrix
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959 S= C'* SE *C;
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960 @end example
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961
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962 The system matrix acts like the conductivity
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963 @iftex
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964 @tex
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965 $S$
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966 @end tex
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967 @end iftex
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968 @ifinfo
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969 @code{S}
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970 @end ifinfo
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971 in Ohm's law
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972 @iftex
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973 @tex
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974 $SV = I$.
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975 @end tex
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976 @end iftex
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977 @ifinfo
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978 @code{S * V = I}.
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979 @end ifinfo
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980 Based on the Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, we are able to
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981 solve for the voltages at each vertex @code{V}.
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982
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983 @example
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984 # Dirichlet boundary conditions
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985 D_nodes=[1:5, 51:55];
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986 D_value=[10*ones(1,5), 20*ones(1,5)];
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987
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988 V= zeros(N,1);
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989 V(D_nodes) = D_value;
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990 idx = 1:N; # vertices without Dirichlet
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991 # boundary condns
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992 idx(D_nodes) = [];
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993
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994 # Neumann boundary conditions. Note that
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995 # N_value must be normalized by the
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996 # boundary length and element conductivity
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997 N_nodes=[];
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998 N_value=[];
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999
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1000 Q = zeros(N,1);
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1001 Q(N_nodes) = N_value;
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1002
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1003 V(idx) = S(idx,idx) \ ( Q(idx) - ...
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1004 S(idx,D_nodes) * V(D_nodes));
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1005 @end example
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1006
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1007 Finally, in order to display the solution, we show each solved voltage
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1008 value in the z-axis for each simplex vertex.
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1009 @ifset htmltex
5652
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1010 @ifset HAVE_CHOLMOD
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1011 @ifset HAVE_UMFPACK
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1012 @ifset HAVE_COLAMD
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1013 @xref{fig:femmodel}.
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1014 @end ifset
5652
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1015 @end ifset
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1016 @end ifset
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1017 @end ifset
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1018
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1019 @example
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1020 elemx = elems(:,[1,2,3,1])';
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1021 xelems = reshape (nodes(elemx, 1), 4, E);
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1022 yelems = reshape (nodes(elemx, 2), 4, E);
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1023 velems = reshape (V(elemx), 4, E);
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1024 plot3 (xelems,yelems,velems,'k');
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1025 print ('grid.eps');
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1026 @end example
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1027
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1028
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1029 @ifset htmltex
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1030 @ifset HAVE_CHOLMOD
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1031 @ifset HAVE_UMFPACK
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1032 @ifset HAVE_COLAMD
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1033 @float Figure,fig:femmodel
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1034 @image{grid,8cm}
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1035 @caption{Example finite element model the showing triangular elements.
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1036 The height of each vertex corresponds to the solution value.}
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1037 @end float
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1038 @end ifset
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1039 @end ifset
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1040 @end ifset
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1041 @end ifset
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1042
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1043 @node Oct-Files, Function Reference, Real Life Example, Sparse Matrices
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1044 @section Using Sparse Matrices in Oct-files
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1045
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1046 An oct-file is a means of writing an Octave function in a compilable
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1047 language like C++, rather than as a script file. This results in a
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1048 significant acceleration in the code. It is not the purpose of this
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1049 section to discuss how to write an oct-file, or discuss what they
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1050 are. There are already two @footnote{Paul Thomas "Dal Segno al Coda
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1051 - The octave dynamically linked function cookbook",
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1052 @url{http://perso.wanadoo.fr/prthomas/intro.html}, and Cristophe Spiel
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1053 "Del Coda Al Fine - Pushing Octave's Limits",
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1054 @url{http://octave.sourceforge.net/coda/coda.pdf}} very good
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1055 references on oct-files themselves. Users who are not familiar with
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1056 oct-files are urged to read these references to fully understand this
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1057 chapter. The examples discussed here assume that the oct-file is written
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1058 entirely in C++.
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1059
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1060 There are three classes of sparse objects that are of interest to the
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1061 user.
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1062
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1063 @table @asis
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1064 @item SparseMatrix
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1065 A double precision sparse matrix class
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1066 @item SparseComplexMatrix
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1067 A complex sparse matrix class
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1068 @item SparseBoolMatrix
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1069 A boolean sparse matrix class
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1070 @end table
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1071
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1072 All of these classes inherit from the @code{Sparse<T>} template class,
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1073 and so all have similar capabilities and usage. The @code{Sparse<T>}
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1074 class was based on Octave @code{Array<T>} class, and so users familiar
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1075 with Octave's Array classes will be comfortable with the use of
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1076 the sparse classes.
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1077
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1078 The sparse classes will not be entirely described in this section, due
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1079 to their similar with the existing Array classes. However, there are a
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1080 few differences due the different nature of sparse objects, and these
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1081 will be described. Firstly, although it is fundamentally possible to
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1082 have N-dimensional sparse objects, the Octave sparse classes do
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1083 not allow them at this time. So all operations of the sparse classes
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1084 must be 2-dimensional. This means that in fact @code{SparseMatrix} is
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1085 similar to Octave's @code{Matrix} class rather than its
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1086 @code{NDArray} class.
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1087
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1088 @menu
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1089 * OctDifferences:: The Differences between the Array and Sparse Classes
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1090 * OctCreation:: Creating Spare Matrices in Oct-Files
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1091 * OctUse:: Using Sparse Matrices in Oct-Files
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1092 @end menu
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1093
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1094 @node OctDifferences, OctCreation, Oct-Files, Oct-Files
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1095 @subsection The Differences between the Array and Sparse Classes
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1096
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1097 The number of elements in a sparse matrix is considered to be the number
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1098 of non-zero elements rather than the product of the dimensions. Therefore
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1099
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1100 @example
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1101 SparseMatrix sm;
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1102 @dots{}
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1103 int nel = sm.nelem ();
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1104 @end example
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1105
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1106 returns the number of non-zero elements. If the user really requires the
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1107 number of elements in the matrix, including the non-zero elements, they
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1108 should use @code{numel} rather than @code{nelem}. Note that for very
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1109 large matrices, where the product of the two dimensions is large that
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1110 the representation of the an unsigned int, then @code{numel} can overflow.
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1111 An example is @code{speye(1e6)} which will create a matrix with a million
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1112 rows and columns, but only a million non-zero elements. Therefore the
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1113 number of rows by the number of columns in this case is more than two
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1114 hundred times the maximum value that can be represented by an unsigned int.
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1115 The use of @code{numel} should therefore be avoided useless it is known
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1116 it won't overflow.
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1117
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1118 Extreme care must be take with the elem method and the "()" operator,
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1119 which perform basically the same function. The reason is that if a
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1120 sparse object is non-const, then Octave will assume that a
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1121 request for a zero element in a sparse matrix is in fact a request
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1122 to create this element so it can be filled. Therefore a piece of
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1123 code like
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1124
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1125 @example
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1126 SparseMatrix sm;
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1127 @dots{}
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1128 for (int j = 0; j < nc; j++)
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1129 for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++)
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1130 std::cerr << " (" << i << "," << j << "): " << sm(i,j)
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1131 << std::endl;
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1132 @end example
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1133
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1134 is a great way of turning the sparse matrix into a dense one, and a
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1135 very slow way at that since it reallocates the sparse object at each
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1136 zero element in the matrix.
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1137
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1138 An easy way of preventing the above from happening is to create a temporary
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1139 constant version of the sparse matrix. Note that only the container for
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1140 the sparse matrix will be copied, while the actual representation of the
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1141 data will be shared between the two versions of the sparse matrix. So this
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1142 is not a costly operation. For example, the above would become
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1143
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1144 @example
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1145 SparseMatrix sm;
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1146 @dots{}
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1147 const SparseMatrix tmp (sm);
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1148 for (int j = 0; j < nc; j++)
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1149 for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++)
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1150 std::cerr << " (" << i << "," << j << "): " << tmp(i,j)
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1151 << std::endl;
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1152 @end example
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1153
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1154 Finally, as the sparse types aren't just represented as a contiguous
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1155 block of memory, the @code{fortran_vec} method of the @code{Array<T>}
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1156 is not available. It is however replaced by three separate methods
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1157 @code{ridx}, @code{cidx} and @code{data}, that access the raw compressed
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1158 column format that the Octave sparse matrices are stored in.
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1159 Additionally, these methods can be used in a manner similar to @code{elem},
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1160 to allow the matrix to be accessed or filled. However, in that case it is
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1161 up to the user to respect the sparse matrix compressed column format
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1162 discussed previous.
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1163
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1164 @node OctCreation, OctUse, OctDifferences, Oct-Files
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1165 @subsection Creating Spare Matrices in Oct-Files
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1166
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1167 The user has several alternatives in how to create a sparse matrix.
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1168 They can first create the data as three vectors representing the
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1169 row and column indexes and the data, and from those create the matrix.
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1170 Or alternatively, they can create a sparse matrix with the appropriate
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1171 amount of space and then fill in the values. Both techniques have their
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1172 advantages and disadvantages.
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1173
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1174 An example of how to create a small sparse matrix with the first technique
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1175 might be seen the example
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1176
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1177 @example
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1178 int nz = 4, nr = 3, nc = 4;
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1179 ColumnVector ridx (nz);
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1180 ColumnVector cidx (nz);
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1181 ColumnVector data (nz);
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1182
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1183 ridx(0) = 0; ridx(1) = 0; ridx(2) = 1; ridx(3) = 2;
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1184 cidx(0) = 0; cidx(1) = 1; cidx(2) = 3; cidx(3) = 3;
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1185 data(0) = 1; data(1) = 2; data(2) = 3; data(3) = 4;
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1186
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1187 SparseMatrix sm (data, ridx, cidx, nr, nc);
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1188 @end example
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1189
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1190 which creates the matrix given in section @ref{Storage}. Note that
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1191 the compressed matrix format is not used at the time of the creation
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1192 of the matrix itself, however it is used internally.
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1193
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1194 As previously mentioned, the values of the sparse matrix are stored
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1195 in increasing column-major ordering. Although the data passed by the
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1196 user does not need to respect this requirement, the pre-sorting the
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1197 data significantly speeds up the creation of the sparse matrix.
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1198
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1199 The disadvantage of this technique of creating a sparse matrix is
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1200 that there is a brief time where two copies of the data exists. Therefore
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1201 for extremely memory constrained problems this might not be the right
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1202 technique to create the sparse matrix.
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1203
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1204 The alternative is to first create the sparse matrix with the desired
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1205 number of non-zero elements and then later fill those elements in. The
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1206 easiest way to do this is
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1207
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1208 @example
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1209 int nz = 4, nr = 3, nc = 4;
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1210 SparseMatrix sm (nr, nc, nz);
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1211 sm(0,0) = 1; sm(0,1) = 2; sm(1,3) = 3; sm(2,3) = 4;
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1212 @end example
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1213
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1214 That creates the same matrix as previously. Again, although it is not
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1215 strictly necessary, it is significantly faster if the sparse matrix is
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1216 created in this manner that the elements are added in column-major
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1217 ordering. The reason for this is that if the elements are inserted
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1218 at the end of the current list of known elements then no element
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1219 in the matrix needs to be moved to allow the new element to be
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1220 inserted. Only the column indexes need to be updated.
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1221
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1222 There are a few further points to note about this technique of creating
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1223 a sparse matrix. Firstly, it is not illegal to create a sparse matrix
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1224 with fewer elements than are actually inserted in the matrix. Therefore
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1225
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1226 @example
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1227 int nz = 4, nr = 3, nc = 4;
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1228 SparseMatrix sm (nr, nc, 0);
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1229 sm(0,0) = 1; sm(0,1) = 2; sm(1,3) = 3; sm(2,3) = 4;
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1230 @end example
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1231
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1232 is perfectly legal. However it is a very bad idea. The reason is that
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1233 as each new element is added to the sparse matrix the space allocated
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1234 to it is increased by reallocating the memory. This is an expensive
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1235 operation, that will significantly slow this means of creating a sparse
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1236 matrix. Furthermore, it is not illegal to create a sparse matrix with
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1237 too much storage, so having @var{nz} above equaling 6 is also legal.
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1238 The disadvantage is that the matrix occupies more memory than strictly
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1239 needed.
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1240
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1241 It is not always easy to known the number of non-zero elements prior
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1242 to filling a matrix. For this reason the additional storage for the
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1243 sparse matrix can be removed after its creation with the
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1244 @dfn{maybe_compress} function. Furthermore, the maybe_compress can
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1245 deallocate the unused storage, but it can equally remove zero elements
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1246 from the matrix. The removal of zero elements from the matrix is
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1247 controlled by setting the argument of the @dfn{maybe_compress} function
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1248 to be 'true'. However, the cost of removing the zeros is high because it
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1249 implies resorting the elements. Therefore, if possible it is better
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1250 is the user doesn't add the zeros in the first place. An example of
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1251 the use of @dfn{maybe_compress} is
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1252
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1253 @example
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1254 int nz = 6, nr = 3, nc = 4;
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1255 SparseMatrix sm1 (nr, nc, nz);
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1256 sm1(0,0) = 1; sm1(0,1) = 2; sm1(1,3) = 3; sm1(2,3) = 4;
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1257 sm1.maybe_compress (); // No zero elements were added
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1258
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1259 SparseMatrix sm2 (nr, nc, nz);
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1260 sm2(0,0) = 1; sm2(0,1) = 2; sm(0,2) = 0; sm(1,2) = 0;
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1261 sm1(1,3) = 3; sm1(2,3) = 4;
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1262 sm2.maybe_compress (true); // Zero elements were added
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1263 @end example
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1264
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1265 The use of the @dfn{maybe_compress} function should be avoided if
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1266 possible, as it will slow the creation of the matrices.
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1267
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1268 A third means of creating a sparse matrix is to work directly with
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1269 the data in compressed row format. An example of this technique might
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1270 be
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1271
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1272 @c Note the @verbatim environment is a relatively new addition to texinfo.
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1273 @c Therefore use the @example environment and replace @, with @@,
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1274 @c { with @{, etc
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1275
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1276 @example
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1277 octave_value arg;
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1278
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1279 @dots{}
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1280
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1281 int nz = 6, nr = 3, nc = 4; // Assume we know the max no nz
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1282 SparseMatrix sm (nr, nc, nz);
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1283 Matrix m = arg.matrix_value ();
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1284
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1285 int ii = 0;
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1286 sm.cidx (0) = 0;
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1287 for (int j = 1; j < nc; j++)
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1288 @{
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1289 for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++)
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1290 @{
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1291 double tmp = foo (m(i,j));
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1292 if (tmp != 0.)
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1293 @{
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1294 sm.data(ii) = tmp;
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1295 sm.ridx(ii) = i;
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1296 ii++;
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1297 @}
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1298 @}
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1299 sm.cidx(j+1) = ii;
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1300 @}
5506
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1301 sm.maybe_compress (); // If don't know a-priori the final no of nz.
5164
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1302 @end example
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1303
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1304 which is probably the most efficient means of creating the sparse matrix.
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1305
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1306 Finally, it might sometimes arise that the amount of storage initially
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1307 created is insufficient to completely store the sparse matrix. Therefore,
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1308 the method @code{change_capacity} exists to reallocate the sparse memory.
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1309 The above example would then be modified as
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1310
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1311 @example
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1312 octave_value arg;
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1313
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1314 @dots{}
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1315
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1316 int nz = 6, nr = 3, nc = 4; // Assume we know the max no nz
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1317 SparseMatrix sm (nr, nc, nz);
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1318 Matrix m = arg.matrix_value ();
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1319
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1320 int ii = 0;
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1321 sm.cidx (0) = 0;
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1322 for (int j = 1; j < nc; j++)
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1323 @{
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1324 for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++)
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1325 @{
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1326 double tmp = foo (m(i,j));
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1327 if (tmp != 0.)
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1328 @{
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1329 if (ii == nz)
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1330 @{
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1331 nz += 2; // Add 2 more elements
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1332 sm.change_capacity (nz);
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1333 @}
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1334 sm.data(ii) = tmp;
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1335 sm.ridx(ii) = i;
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1336 ii++;
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1337 @}
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1338 @}
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1339 sm.cidx(j+1) = ii;
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1340 @}
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1341 sm.maybe_mutate (); // If don't know a-priori the final no of nz.
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1342 @end example
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1343
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1344 Note that both increasing and decreasing the number of non-zero elements in
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1345 a sparse matrix is expensive, as it involves memory reallocation. Also as
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1346 parts of the matrix, though not its entirety, exist as the old and new copy
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1347 at the same time, additional memory is needed. Therefore if possible this
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1348 should be avoided.
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1349
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1350 @node OctUse, , OctCreation, Oct-Files
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1351 @subsection Using Sparse Matrices in Oct-Files
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1352
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1353 Most of the same operators and functions on sparse matrices that are
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1354 available from the Octave are equally available with oct-files.
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1355 The basic means of extracting a sparse matrix from an @code{octave_value}
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1356 and returning them as an @code{octave_value}, can be seen in the
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1357 following example
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1358
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1359 @example
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1360 octave_value_list retval;
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1361
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1362 SparseMatrix sm = args(0).sparse_matrix_value ();
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1363 SparseComplexMatrix scm = args(1).sparse_complex_matrix_value ();
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1364 SparseBoolMatrix sbm = args(2).sparse_bool_matrix_value ();
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1365
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1366 @dots{}
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1367
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1368 retval(2) = sbm;
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1369 retval(1) = scm;
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1370 retval(0) = sm;
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1371 @end example
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1372
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1373 The conversion to an octave-value is handled by the sparse
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1374 @code{octave_value} constructors, and so no special care is needed.
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1375
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1376 @node Function Reference, , Oct-Files, Sparse Matrices
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1377 @section Function Reference
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1378
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1379 @ifset htmltex
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1380 @subsection Functions by Category
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1381 @subsubsection Generate sparse matrix
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1382 @table @asis
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1383 @item @ref{spdiags}
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1384 A generalization of the function `spdiag'.
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1385 @item @ref{speye}
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1386 Returns a sparse identity matrix.
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1387 @item @ref{sprand}
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1388 Generate a random sparse matrix.
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1389 @item @ref{sprandn}
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1390 Generate a random sparse matrix.
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1391 @item @ref{sprandsym}
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1392 Generate a symmetric random sparse matrix.
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1393 @end table
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1394 @subsubsection Sparse matrix conversion
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1395 @table @asis
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1396 @item @ref{full}
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1397 returns a full storage matrix from a sparse one See also: sparse
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1398 @item @ref{sparse}
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1399 SPARSE: create a sparse matrix
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1400 @item @ref{spconvert}
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1401 This function converts for a simple sparse matrix format easily produced by other programs into Octave's internal sparse format.
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1402 @item @ref{spfind}
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1403 SPFIND: a sparse version of the find operator 1.
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1404 @end table
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1405 @subsubsection Manipulate sparse matrices
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1406 @table @asis
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1407 @item @ref{issparse}
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1408 Return 1 if the value of the expression EXPR is a sparse matrix.
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1409 @item @ref{nnz}
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1410 returns number of non zero elements in SM See also: sparse
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1411 @item @ref{nonzeros}
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1412 Returns a vector of the non-zero values of the sparse matrix S
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1413 @item @ref{nzmax}
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1414 Returns the amount of storage allocated to the sparse matrix SM.
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1415 @item @ref{spalloc}
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1416 Returns an empty sparse matrix of size R-by-C.
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1417 @item @ref{spfun}
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1418 Compute `f(X)' for the non-zero values of X This results in a sparse matrix with the same structure as X.
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1419 @item @ref{spones}
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1420 Replace the non-zero entries of X with ones.
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1421 @item @ref{spy}
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1422 Plot the sparsity pattern of the sparse matrix X
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1423 @end table
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1424 @subsubsection Graph Theory
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1425 @table @asis
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1426 @item @ref{etree}
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1427 Returns the elimination tree for the matrix S.
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1428 @item @ref{etreeplot}
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1429 Plots the elimination tree of the matrix @var{s} or @code{@var{s}+@var{s}'}
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1430 if @var{s} in non-symmetric.
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1431 @item @ref{gplot}
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1432 Plots a graph defined by @var{A} and @var{xy} in the graph theory sense.
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1433 @item treelayout
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1434 @emph{Not implemented}
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1435 @item @ref{treeplot}
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1436 Produces a graph of a tree or forest.
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1437 @end table
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1438 @subsubsection Sparse matrix reordering
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1439 @table @asis
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1440 @item @ref{ccolamd}
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1441 Constrained column approximate minimum degree permutation.
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1442 @item @ref{colamd}
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1443 Column approximate minimum degree permutation.
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1444 @item @ref{colperm}
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1445 Returns the column permutations such that the columns of `S (:, P)' are ordered in terms of increase number of non-zero elements.
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1446 @item @ref{csymamd}
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1447 For a symmetric positive definite matrix S, returns the permutation vector p such that `S (P, P)' tends to have a sparser Cholesky factor than S.
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1448 @item @ref{dmperm}
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1449 Perform a Deulmage-Mendelsohn permutation on the sparse matrix S.
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1450 @item @ref{symamd}
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1451 For a symmetric positive definite matrix S, returns the permutation vector p such that `S (P, P)' tends to have a sparser Cholesky factor than S.
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1452 @item symrcm
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1453 @emph{Not implemented}
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1454 @end table
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1455 @subsubsection Linear algebra
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1456 @table @asis
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1457 @item cholinc
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1458 @emph{Not implemented}
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1459 @item condest
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1460 @emph{Not implemented}
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1461 @item eigs
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1462 @emph{Not implemented}
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1463 @item @ref{matrix_type}
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1464 Identify the matrix type or mark a matrix as a particular type.
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1465 @item normest
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1466 @emph{Not implemented}
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1467 @item @ref{spchol}
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1468 Compute the Cholesky factor, R, of the symmetric positive definite.
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1469 @item @ref{spcholinv}
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1470 Use the Cholesky factorization to compute the inverse of the
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1471 sparse symmetric positive definite matrix A.
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1472 @item @ref{spchol2inv}
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1473 Invert a sparse symmetric, positive definite square matrix from its
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1474 Cholesky decomposition, U.
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1475 @item @ref{spdet}
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1476 Compute the determinant of sparse matrix A using UMFPACK.
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1477 @item @ref{spinv}
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1478 Compute the inverse of the square matrix A.
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1479 @item @ref{spkron}
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1480 Form the kronecker product of two sparse matrices.
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1481 @item @ref{splchol}
5506
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1482 Compute the Cholesky factor, L, of the symmetric positive definite.
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1483 @item @ref{splu}
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1484 Compute the LU decomposition of the sparse matrix A, using subroutines from UMFPACK.
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1485 @item @ref{spqr}
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1486 Compute the sparse QR factorization of @var{a}, using CSPARSE.
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1487 @item sprank
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1488 @emph{Not implemented}
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1489 @item svds
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1490 @emph{Not implemented}
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1491 @end table
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1492 @subsubsection Iterative techniques
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1493 @table @asis
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1494 @item bicg
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1495 @emph{Not implemented}
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1496 @item bicgstab
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1497 @emph{Not implemented}
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1498 @item cgs
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1499 @emph{Not implemented}
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1500 @item gmres
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1501 @emph{Not implemented}
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1502 @item @ref{luinc}
5282
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1503 Produce the incomplete LU factorization of the sparse matrix A.
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1504 @item lsqr
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1505 @emph{Not implemented}
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1506 @item minres
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1507 @emph{Not implemented}
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1508 @item pcg
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1509 @emph{Not implemented}
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1510 @item pcr
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1511 @emph{Not implemented}
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1512 @item qmr
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1513 @emph{Not implemented}
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1514 @item symmlq
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1515 @emph{Not implemented}
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1516 @end table
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1517 @subsubsection Miscellaneous
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1518 @table @asis
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1519 @item spaugment
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1520 @emph{Not implemented}
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1521 @item @ref{spparms}
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1522 Sets or displays the parameters used by the sparse solvers and factorization functions.
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1523 @item @ref{symbfact}
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1524 Performs a symbolic factorization analysis on the sparse matrix S.
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1525 @item @ref{spstats}
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1526 Return the stats for the non-zero elements of the sparse matrix S COUNT is the number of non-zeros in each column, MEAN is the mean of the non-zeros in each column, and VAR is the variance of the non-zeros in each column
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1527 @item @ref{spprod}
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1528 Product of elements along dimension DIM.
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1529 @item @ref{spcumprod}
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1530 Cumulative product of elements along dimension DIM.
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1531 @item @ref{spcumsum}
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1532 Cumulative sum of elements along dimension DIM.
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1533 @item @ref{spsum}
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1534 Sum of elements along dimension DIM.
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1535 @item @ref{spsumsq}
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1536 Sum of squares of elements along dimension DIM.
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1537 @item @ref{spmin}
5164
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1538 For a vector argument, return the minimum value.
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1539 @item @ref{spmax}
5164
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1540 For a vector argument, return the maximum value.
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1541 @item @ref{spatan2}
5164
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1542 Compute atan (Y / X) for corresponding sparse matrix elements of Y and X.
5648
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1543 @item @ref{spdiag}
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1544 Return a diagonal matrix with the sparse vector V on diagonal K.
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1545 @end table
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1546
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1547 @subsection Functions Alphabetically
5648
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1548 @end ifset
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1549
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1550 @menu
5506
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1551 * ccolamd:: Constrained column approximate minimum degree permutation.
5164
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1552 * colamd:: Column approximate minimum degree permutation.
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1553 * colperm:: Returns the column permutations such that the columns of `S
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parents:
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1554 (:, P)' are ordered in terms of increase number of non-zero
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1555 elements.
5506
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1556 * csymamd:: For a symmetric positive definite matrix S, returns the
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diff changeset
1557 permutation vector p such that `S (P, P)' tends to have a
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diff changeset
1558 sparser Cholesky factor than S.
5164
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1559 * dmperm:: Perfrom a Deulmage-Mendelsohn permutation on the sparse
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1560 matrix S.
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1561 * etree:: Returns the elimination tree for the matrix S.
5576
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1562 * etreeplot:: Plots the elimination tree of the matrix @var{s} or
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diff changeset
1563 @code{@var{s}+@var{s}'} if @var{s} in non-symmetric.
5164
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1564 * full:: returns a full storage matrix from a sparse one See also:
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1565 sparse
5576
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1566 * gplot:: Plots a graph defined by @var{A} and @var{xy} in the graph
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diff changeset
1567 theory sense.
5164
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1568 * issparse:: Return 1 if the value of the expression EXPR is a sparse
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1569 matrix.
5282
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1570 * luinc:: Produce the incomplete LU factorization of the sparse
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parents: 5164
diff changeset
1571 A.
5322
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diff changeset
1572 * matrix_type:: Identify the matrix type or mark a matrix as a particular
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diff changeset
1573 type.
5164
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1574 * nnz:: returns number of non zero elements in SM See also: sparse
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1575 * nonzeros:: Returns a vector of the non-zero values of the sparse
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1576 matrix S
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1577 * nzmax:: Returns the amount of storage allocated to the sparse
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1578 matrix SM.
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1579 * spalloc:: Returns an empty sparse matrix of size R-by-C.
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1580 * sparse:: SPARSE: create a sparse matrix
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1581 * spatan2:: Compute atan (Y / X) for corresponding sparse matrix
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1582 elements of Y and X.
5506
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1583 * spchol:: Compute the Cholesky factor, R, of the symmetric
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diff changeset
1584 positive definite.
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diff changeset
1585 * spcholinv:: Use the Cholesky factorization to compute the inverse of the
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diff changeset
1586 sparse symmetric positive definite matrix A.
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diff changeset
1587 * spchol2inv:: Invert a sparse symmetric, positive definite square matrix
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diff changeset
1588 from its Cholesky decomposition, U.
5164
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1589 * spconvert:: This function converts for a simple sparse matrix format
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1590 easily produced by other programs into Octave's internal
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1591 sparse format.
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1592 * spcumprod:: Cumulative product of elements along dimension DIM.
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1593 * spcumsum:: Cumulative sum of elements along dimension DIM.
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1594 * spdet:: Compute the determinant of sparse matrix A using UMFPACK.
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1595 * spdiag:: Return a diagonal matrix with the sparse vector V on
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1596 diagonal K.
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1597 * spdiags:: A generalization of the function `spdiag'.
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1598 * speye:: Returns a sparse identity matrix.
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1599 * spfind:: SPFIND: a sparse version of the find operator 1.
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1600 * spfun:: Compute `f(X)' for the non-zero values of X This results in
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1601 a sparse matrix with the same structure as X.
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1602 * spinv:: Compute the inverse of the square matrix A.
5322
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1603 * spkron:: Form the kronecker product of two sparse matrices.
5506
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1604 * splchol:: Compute the Cholesky factor, L, of the symmetric positive
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diff changeset
1605 definite.
5164
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1606 * splu:: Compute the LU decomposition of the sparse matrix A, using
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1607 subroutines from UMFPACK.
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1608 * spmax:: For a vector argument, return the maximum value.
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1609 * spmin:: For a vector argument, return the minimum value.
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1610 * spones:: Replace the non-zero entries of X with ones.
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1611 * spparms:: Sets or displays the parameters used by the sparse solvers
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1612 and factorization functions.
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1613 * spprod:: Product of elements along dimension DIM.
5648
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1614 * spqr:: Compute the sparse QR factorization of @var{a}, using CSPARSE.
5164
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1615 * sprand:: Generate a random sparse matrix.
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1616 * sprandn:: Generate a random sparse matrix.
5648
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1617 * sprandsym:: Generate a symmetric random sparse matrix.
5164
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1618 * spstats:: Return the stats for the non-zero elements of the sparse
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1619 matrix S COUNT is the number of non-zeros in each column,
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1620 MEAN is the mean of the non-zeros in each column, and VAR
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1621 is the variance of the non-zeros in each column
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1622 * spsum:: Sum of elements along dimension DIM.
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1623 * spsumsq:: Sum of squares of elements along dimension DIM.
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1624 * spy:: Plot the sparsity pattern of the sparse matrix X
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1625 * symamd:: For a symmetric positive definite matrix S, returns the
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1626 permutation vector p such that `S (P, P)' tends to have a
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1627 sparser Cholesky factor than S.
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1628 * symbfact:: Performs a symbolic factorization analysis on the sparse
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1629 matrix S.
5576
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1630 * treeplot:: Produces a graph of a tree or forest.
5164
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1631 @end menu
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1632
5506
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1633 @node colamd, ccolamd, , Function Reference
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1634 @subsubsection colamd
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1635
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1636 @DOCSTRING(colamd)
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1637
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1638 @node ccolamd, colperm, colamd, Function Reference
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diff changeset
1639 @subsubsection ccolamd
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1640
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1641 @DOCSTRING(ccolamd)
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1642
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1643 @node colperm, csymamd, ccolamd, Function Reference
5164
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1644 @subsubsection colperm
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1645
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1646 @DOCSTRING(colperm)
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1647
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1648 @node csymamd, dmperm, colperm, Function Reference
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1649 @subsubsection csymamd
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1650
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1651 @DOCSTRING(csymamd)
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1652
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1653 @node dmperm, etree, csymamd, Function Reference
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1654 @subsubsection dmperm
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1655
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1656 @DOCSTRING(dmperm)
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1657
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1658 @node etree, etreeplot, dmperm, Function Reference
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1659 @subsubsection etree
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1660
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1661 @DOCSTRING(etree)
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1662
5576
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1663 @node etreeplot, full, etree, Function Reference
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1664 @subsubsection etreeplot
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1665
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parents: 5506
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1666 @DOCSTRING(etreeplot)
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1667
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1668 @node full, gplot, etreeplot, Function Reference
5164
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1669 @subsubsection full
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1670
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1671 @DOCSTRING(full)
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1672
5576
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diff changeset
1673 @node gplot, issparse, full, Function Reference
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1674 @subsubsection gplot
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1675
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1676 @DOCSTRING(gplot)
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1677
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parents: 5506
diff changeset
1678 @node issparse, luinc, gplot, Function Reference
5164
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1679 @subsubsection issparse
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1680
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1681 @DOCSTRING(issparse)
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1682
5322
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1683 @node luinc, matrix_type, issparse, Function Reference
5282
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parents: 5164
diff changeset
1684 @subsubsection luinc
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parents: 5164
diff changeset
1685
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parents: 5164
diff changeset
1686 @DOCSTRING(luinc)
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parents: 5164
diff changeset
1687
5322
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parents: 5282
diff changeset
1688 @node matrix_type, nnz, luinc, Function Reference
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dbateman
parents: 5282
diff changeset
1689 @subsubsection matrix_type
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parents: 5282
diff changeset
1690
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parents: 5282
diff changeset
1691 @DOCSTRING(matrix_type)
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dbateman
parents: 5282
diff changeset
1692
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parents: 5282
diff changeset
1693 @node nnz, nonzeros, matrix_type, Function Reference
5164
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parents:
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1694 @subsubsection nnz
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parents:
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1695
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parents:
diff changeset
1696 @DOCSTRING(nnz)
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parents:
diff changeset
1697
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parents:
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1698 @node nonzeros, nzmax, nnz, Function Reference
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parents:
diff changeset
1699 @subsubsection nonzeros
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parents:
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1700
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parents:
diff changeset
1701 @DOCSTRING(nonzeros)
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parents:
diff changeset
1702
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parents:
diff changeset
1703 @node nzmax, spalloc, nonzeros, Function Reference
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parents:
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1704 @subsubsection nzmax
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parents:
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1705
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parents:
diff changeset
1706 @DOCSTRING(nzmax)
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parents:
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1707
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parents:
diff changeset
1708 @node spalloc, sparse, nzmax, Function Reference
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1709 @subsubsection spalloc
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parents:
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1710
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parents:
diff changeset
1711 @DOCSTRING(spalloc)
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parents:
diff changeset
1712
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parents:
diff changeset
1713 @node sparse, spatan2, spalloc, Function Reference
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1714 @subsubsection sparse
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parents:
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1715
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parents:
diff changeset
1716 @DOCSTRING(sparse)
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parents:
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1717
5506
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1718 @node spatan2, spchol, sparse, Function Reference
5164
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parents:
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1719 @subsubsection spatan2
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parents:
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1720
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parents:
diff changeset
1721 @DOCSTRING(spatan2)
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parents:
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1722
5506
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1723 @node spchol, spcholinv, spatan2, Function Reference
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1724 @subsubsection spchol
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1725
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1726 @DOCSTRING(spchol)
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1727
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1728 @node spcholinv, spchol2inv, spchol, Function Reference
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1729 @subsubsection spcholinv
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1730
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1731 @DOCSTRING(spcholinv)
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dbateman
parents: 5324
diff changeset
1732
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1733 @node spchol2inv, spconvert, spcholinv, Function Reference
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1734 @subsubsection spchol2inv
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1735
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1736 @DOCSTRING(spchol2inv)
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1737
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parents: 5324
diff changeset
1738 @node spconvert, spcumprod, spchol2inv, Function Reference
5164
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1739 @subsubsection spconvert
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parents:
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1740
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parents:
diff changeset
1741 @DOCSTRING(spconvert)
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parents:
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1742
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parents:
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1743 @node spcumprod, spcumsum, spconvert, Function Reference
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parents:
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1744 @subsubsection spcumprod
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parents:
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1745
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parents:
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1746 @DOCSTRING(spcumprod)
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parents:
diff changeset
1747
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parents:
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1748 @node spcumsum, spdet, spcumprod, Function Reference
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parents:
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1749 @subsubsection spcumsum
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parents:
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1750
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parents:
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1751 @DOCSTRING(spcumsum)
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parents:
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1752
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parents:
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1753 @node spdet, spdiag, spcumsum, Function Reference
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1754 @subsubsection spdet
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jwe
parents:
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1755
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parents:
diff changeset
1756 @DOCSTRING(spdet)
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parents:
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1757
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parents:
diff changeset
1758 @node spdiag, spdiags, spdet, Function Reference
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1759 @subsubsection spdiag
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jwe
parents:
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1760
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1761 @DOCSTRING(spdiag)
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parents:
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1762
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parents:
diff changeset
1763 @node spdiags, speye, spdiag, Function Reference
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parents:
diff changeset
1764 @subsubsection spdiags
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parents:
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1765
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parents:
diff changeset
1766 @DOCSTRING(spdiags)
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parents:
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1767
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parents:
diff changeset
1768 @node speye, spfind, spdiags, Function Reference
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1769 @subsubsection speye
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jwe
parents:
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1770
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1771 @DOCSTRING(speye)
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parents:
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1772
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1773 @node spfind, spfun, speye, Function Reference
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1774 @subsubsection spfind
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jwe
parents:
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1775
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1776 @DOCSTRING(spfind)
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jwe
parents:
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1777
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jwe
parents:
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1778 @node spfun, spinv, spfind, Function Reference
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jwe
parents:
diff changeset
1779 @subsubsection spfun
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parents:
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1780
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1781 @DOCSTRING(spfun)
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1782
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1783 @node spinv, spkron, spfun, Function Reference
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1784 @subsubsection spinv
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1785
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1786 @DOCSTRING(spinv)
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1787
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1788 @node spkron, splchol, spinv, Function Reference
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1789 @subsubsection spkron
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1790
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1791 @DOCSTRING(spkron)
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1792
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1793 @node splchol, splu, spkron, Function Reference
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1794 @subsubsection splchol
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1795
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1796 @DOCSTRING(splchol)
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1797
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1798 @node splu, spmax, splchol, Function Reference
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1799 @subsubsection splu
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1800
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1801 @DOCSTRING(splu)
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1802
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1803 @node spmax, spmin, splu, Function Reference
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1804 @subsubsection spmax
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1805
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1806 @DOCSTRING(spmax)
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1807
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1808 @node spmin, spones, spmax, Function Reference
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1809 @subsubsection spmin
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1810
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1811 @DOCSTRING(spmin)
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1812
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1813 @node spones, spparms, spmin, Function Reference
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1814 @subsubsection spones
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1815
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1816 @DOCSTRING(spones)
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1817
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1818 @node spparms, spprod, spones, Function Reference
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1819 @subsubsection spparms
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1820
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1821 @DOCSTRING(spparms)
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1822
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1823 @node spprod, spqr, spparms, Function Reference
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1824 @subsubsection spprod
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1825
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1826 @DOCSTRING(spprod)
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1827
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1828 @node spqr, sprand, spprod, Function Reference
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1829 @subsubsection spqr
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1830
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1831 @DOCSTRING(spqr)
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1832
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1833 @node sprand, sprandn, spqr, Function Reference
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1834 @subsubsection sprand
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1835
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1836 @DOCSTRING(sprand)
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1837
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1838 @node sprandn, sprandsym, sprand, Function Reference
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1839 @subsubsection sprandn
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1840
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1841 @DOCSTRING(sprandn)
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1842
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1843 @node sprandsym, spstats, sprandn, Function Reference
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1844 @subsubsection sprandsym
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1845
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1846 @DOCSTRING(sprandsym)
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1847
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1848 @node spstats, spsum, sprandsym, Function Reference
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1849 @subsubsection spstats
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1850
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1851 @DOCSTRING(spstats)
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1852
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1853 @node spsum, spsumsq, spstats, Function Reference
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1854 @subsubsection spsum
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1855
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1856 @DOCSTRING(spsum)
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1857
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1858 @node spsumsq, spy, spsum, Function Reference
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1859 @subsubsection spsumsq
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1860
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1861 @DOCSTRING(spsumsq)
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1862
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1863 @node spy, symamd, spsumsq, Function Reference
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1864 @subsubsection spy
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1865
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1866 @DOCSTRING(spy)
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1867
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1868 @node symamd, symbfact, spy, Function Reference
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1869 @subsubsection symamd
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1870
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1871 @DOCSTRING(symamd)
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1872
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1873 @node symbfact, treeplot, symamd, Function Reference
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1874 @subsubsection symbfact
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1875
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1876 @DOCSTRING(symbfact)
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1877
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1878 @node treeplot, ,symbfact, Function Reference
5576
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1879 @subsubsection treeplot
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1880
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1881 @DOCSTRING(treeplot)
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1882
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1883 @c Local Variables: ***
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1884 @c Mode: texinfo ***
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1885 @c End: ***