This namespace is originary based on a port of JMP.
This port is still in very rough, the MathNet team encorage users to provide feedback.
The basic datastructures in MathNet are matrices and vectors, stored in double-precision (double
). All the indices are 0-based, as is typical of C and C#, but different from Fortran's 1-based indexing. Complex numbers are not supported.
The most fundamental interfaces are IMatrix and IVector. By themselves, they say little about the underlying datastructure, as they only have size-information functions.
Extending Matrix is IElementalAccessMatrix, which has simple assembly and retrieval functions, both elementwise and blockwise. The block-operations are typically more efficient. There is a similiar interface, IElementalAccessVector which extends the basic vector.
Using these methods, most operations can be accomplished easily. There are two more interfaces which are of interest, namely IZeroColumnMatrix and IZeroRowMatrix. Matrices implementing these allow quick zeroing of columns or rows such that boundary conditions for differential equations can be explicitly handled. For convenience, the interfaces IElementalAccessZeroRowMatrixIElementalAccessZeroColumnMatrix extends on both the elemental access interface and one of the zeroing interfaces, and can be used in application codes to easier switch between different underlying storage formats (dense, sparse etc).
The aforementioned functions are sufficient for most applications, but MathNet provides other ways of accessing and changing the datastructures. This is typically by direct access, and is generally not recommended except for developing linear algebra algorithms.
MathNet provides ten matrices and three vectors implementations. Of these, there are five sparse matrices, four dense, and a block-structured matrix. Amongst the sparse and dense matrices, there are both row- and column-oriented ones. Choosing the right structure can have a significant impact on both performance and memory-usage. Most of the matrices implement IElementalAccessMatrix and most of the vectors implement IElementalAccessVector. Row-oriented
Name | Storage |
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Dense matrix (data adapter for Matrix missing) | double[,] , row/column major |
SparseColumnMatrix | int[,]/double[,] , column major, growable |
SparseColumnRowMatrix | int[]/double[] , column major |
SparseRowMatrix | int[,]/double[,] , row major, growable |
SparseRowColumnMatrix | int[]/double[] , row major |
BlockMatrix | int[,]/int[,]/Matrix[] |
BlockVector | int[]/Vector[] |
CoordinateMatrix | int[]/int[]/double[] |
DenseVector | double[] |
SparseVector | int[]/double[] , growable |
Notes:
Based on the original work of: Bjørn-Ove Heimsund (2003).
Port: Joannes Vermorel (2004).
Class | Description |
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AbstractBLAS | Partial implementation of BLAS |
AbstractIteration | Partial implementation of Iteration |
AbstractMatrix | Partial implementation of Matrix |
AbstractVector | Partial implementation of Vector. |
Blas | Contains access to the default BLAS. |
BlockMatrix | Block matrix |
BlockVector | Block vector |
CoordinateMatrix | Coordinate storage matrix. The data is not kept sorted. |
DenseVector | Dense vector. |
IntDoubleVectorPair | An index/data pairing with integer indices and double-precision data. Note that the length of the indices and the data need not be equal. Furthermore, the indices must be kept sorted in most cases. |
IntIntDoubleVectorTriple | Dual indices and data paired together. Used by some of the faster matrices. major contains the index for each data-entry, while minor is either uses as row- or column-delimiters. Within two minor-indices, the major-indices must be sorted for most applications. |
NotConvergedException | Signals the lack of convergence of an iterative solver. It could be due to too stringent convergence criteria, too few iterations used, or simply due to a malformed problem. The number of iterations are stored, along with the reason (BREAKDOWN, DIVERGENCE, or something else). |
SequentialBLAS | Sequential BLAS implementation |
SparseColumnMatrix | Sparse matrix stored as 2D ragged columns. For best performance during assembly, ensure that enough memory is allocated at construction time, as re-allocation may be time-consuming. |
SparseColumnRowMatrix | Sparse matrix stored as a vector, column major |
SparseRowColumnMatrix | Sparse matrix stored as one long vector, row major. |
SparseRowMatrix | Sparse matrix stored as 2D ragged rows. For best performance during assembly, ensure that enough memory is allocated at construction time, as re-allocation may be time-consuming. |
SparseVector | Sparse vector. |
Interface | Description |
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IBLAS | Basic linear algebra subroutines. The methods present here are suitable for sparse matrices and iterative solvers, as such not all the Fortran BLAS methods have been implemented. Of particular note is the absence of matrix/matrix multiplication and triangular solvers. |
IBlockAccessMatrix | Matrix consisting of sub-matrices |
IBlockAccessVector | Vector consisting of sub-vectors |
ICoordinateAccessMatrix | Matrix with access by row/column vectors |
IDense | Dense matrix or vector. |
IDenseAccessVector | Vector with fast array access. |
IDenseColumnAccessMatrix | Matrix with fast dense column access. |
IDenseColumnRowAccessMatrix | Dense matrix with fast access to the whole structure, with column-major indices. |
IDenseRowAccessMatrix | Matrix with fast dense row access. |
IDenseRowColumnAccessMatrix | Dense matrix with fast access to the whole structure, with row-major indices. |
IElementalAccessMatrix | Matrix with elemental access operations. The block-wise operations will typically be faster than the elementwise operations, and the extractions methods present here are not likely to be as fast as the custom accessors the matrix may implement. |
IElementalAccessVector | Vector with elemental access operations. The block-wise operations will typically be faster than the elementwise operations, and the extractions methods present here are not likely to be as fast as the custom accessors the vector may implement. |
IElementalAccessZeroColumnMatrix | Matrix with elemental access and supporting zeroing of columns. |
IElementalAccessZeroRowMatrix | Matrix with elemental access and supporting zeroing of rows. |
IMatrix | Basic matrix interface. |
IMatrixAccess | Data-access without index-access |
IShellMatrix | Matrix with external storage and custom matrix/vector product. |
ISparse | Sparse matrix or vector. |
ISparseAccessVector | Vector with a sparse view. |
ISparseColumnAccessMatrix | Sparse matrix with fast column access. |
ISparseColumnRowAccessMatrix | Sparse matrix with fast access to the whole structure, with column-major indices. |
ISparseRowAccessMatrix | Sparse matrix with fast row-based access. |
ISparseRowColumnAccessMatrix | Sparse matrix with fast access to the whole structure, with row-major indices. |
Iteration | Tracks convergence of an iterative linear solver. |
IVector | Basic vector interface |
IVectorAccess | Data-access without index-access. Note that matrices storing data as vectors may implement this interface, despite its name. |
IZeroColumnMatrix | Matrix supporting zeroing of columns |
IZeroRowMatrix | Matrix supporting zeroing of rows |
Enumeration | Description |
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NORMS |