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Re: Linear algebra

To: ridg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ridgway Scott)
From: Matthew Knepley <knepley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 26 Oct 2004 04:05:32 -0500
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ridg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ridgway Scott) writes:
> How does the form of the API affect the efficiency of the linear
> algebra? It would seem that the overhead of the call would be 
> small compared to the cost of doing a solve.
    This is true, and I think is the underpinning of Rob's argument.

         Matt
> 
> 				Ridg
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Re: Linear algebra
From: Robert Kirby, 2004-10-26

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Re: Linear algebra
From: Ridgway Scott, 2004-10-26