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Sparse matrix

What is Sparse matrix?

A matrix populated primarily with zeros, used in computational mathematics to reduce memory and storage requirements.

In other languages

한국어희소 행렬
행렬의 대부분 성분이 0으로 구성되어 데이터 저장 및 연산 효율을 높인 행렬 구조이다.
日本語スパース行列
行列の成分の大部分が0である行列のこと。メモリや計算時間を節約するために効率的な保持や演算が求められる。

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