Proposed sparse extensions to the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms

Abstract

Many codes now exist for solving sparse linear systems: MA28 /4/, SPARSPAK /7/, the Yale Sparse Matrix Package /6/, and ICCG/ILU preconditioning /10/. It has been found that sparse matrix computations are useful in many fields. Furthermore, much effort is being expended in other sparse matrix computations such as sparse least squares and eigenvalue extraction.