From kundert%ic.Berkeley.EDU@cad.Berkeley.EDU Fri Jul  1 11:56:37 1988

Sparse  A library of subroutines written in C that solve large sparse
        systems of linear equations using LU factorization.  The
        package is able to handle arbitrary real and complex square
        matrix equations.  Besides being able to solve linear systems,
        it is solves transposed systems, find determinants, multiplies
        a vector by a matrix, and estimate errors due to
        ill-conditioning in the system of equations and instability in
        the computations.  Sparse does not require or assume symmetry
        and is able to perform numerical pivoting (either diagonal or
        complete) to avoid unnecessary error in the solution.  Sparse
        also has an optional interface that allow it to be called from
        FORTRAN programs.
	Ken Kundert, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. (sparse@ic.berkeley.edu)



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