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  • Matrix group: GHS_psdef
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  • Matrix: GHS_psdef/minsurfo
  • Description: Gould, Hu, & Scott: minimum surface problem (CUTEr)
  • download as a MATLAB mat-file, file size: 368 KB. Use UFget(1313) or UFget('GHS_psdef/minsurfo') in MATLAB.
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    GHS_psdef/minsurfo

    dmperm of GHS_psdef/minsurfo

    GHS_psdef/minsurfo graph

    Matrix properties
    number of rows40,806
    number of columns40,806
    nonzeros203,622
    structural full rank?yes
    structural rank40,806
    # of blocks from dmperm3
    # strongly connected comp.3
    entries not in dmperm blocks0
    explicit zero entries0
    nonzero pattern symmetrysymmetric
    numeric value symmetrysymmetric
    typereal
    structuresymmetric
    Cholesky candidate?yes
    positive definite?yes

    authorE. Dolan, J. More'
    editorN. Gould
    date2000
    kindoptimization problem
    2D/3D problem?no

    Ordering statistics:AMD METIS DMPERM+
    nnz(chol(P*(A+A'+s*I)*P'))1,086,577 994,944 1,000,962
    Cholesky flop count1.2e+08 9.7e+07 9.7e+07
    nnz(L+U), no partial pivoting2,132,348 1,949,082 1,961,118
    nnz(V) for QR, upper bound nnz(L) for LU2,085,965 1,764,811 1,822,664
    nnz(R) for QR, upper bound nnz(U) for LU3,819,669 3,264,025 3,363,277

    Maintained by Tim Davis, last updated 04-May-2008.
    Matrix pictures by cspy, a MATLAB function in the CSparse package.
    Matrix graphs by Yifan Hu, AT&T Labs Visualization Group.