[SciPy-dev] Matrix Structure Plots in scipy ?

[Nils Wagner]

Pearu Peterson wrote:

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> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Nils Wagner wrote:
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>> Is it also possible, that mmread returns sparse matrices when reading
>> sparse matrices from *.mtx ?
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> Now yes, mmread will return coo_matrix instance when reading coordinate
> .mtx files.
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>> Is it generally possible to switch between sparse and dense format of 
>> matrices in scipy ?
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> Yes.
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>> From sparse to dense: <spmatrix instance>.todense()
>> From dense to sparse: <spmatrix class>(<array>)
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> For more info, see scipy.sparse.Sparse.
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>> Now, scipy has some iterative solvers for linear systems. Can I use both
>> dense and sparse matrices with respect to cg,... ?
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>> How about sparse eigensolvers in scipy e.g. ARPACK ?
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> Cannot answer these questions right now...
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There seems to be an interface to ARPACK, but  I don't know anything
about its possibilities...

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Any comments ?

Nils

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