21.2 Linear Algebra with Diagonal/Permutation Matrices

As has been already said, diagonal and permutation matrices make it possible to use efficient algorithms while preserving natural linear algebra syntax. This section describes in detail the operations that are treated specially when performed on these special matrix objects.

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