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Subject: Re: Need complex matrix solver for CM.
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Date: 28 Jun 91 22:56:17 GMT
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         Rewriting a dense complex system of linear equations as a real
system will not only use twice the storage it will take twice as long to
solve (using Gaussian elimination).  It is comparable to solving a sym-
metric system with a general system solver.
                          James B. Shearer