Re: sparce matrices

[Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>]

Matthew J. Doller writes:
 > I am about to begin a project at my school using gsl, and my advising
 > professor seems to be very interested in gsl.
 > one question he did have was are there any constructs to store sparces
 > matrices, i.e. matrices that a primarily zero.

Not in GSL.  Sparse matrix code tends to be problem-specific,
depending on the structure of the matrix and what you want to do with
it. I think there are about ten different storage formats that people
use, depending on the problem.  So you would probably be best to code
up the appropriate one for your application to get maximum compression
and efficiency.

regards
Brian Gough