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017
018package org.apache.commons.math3.linear;
019
020/**
021 * Marker interface for {@link RealMatrix} implementations that require sparse backing storage
022 *
023 * <p>
024 *  Caveat: Implementation are allowed to assume that, for any {@code x},
025 *  the equality {@code x * 0d == 0d} holds. But it is is not true for
026 *  {@code NaN}. Moreover, zero entries will lose their sign.
027 *  Some operations (that involve {@code NaN} and/or infinities) may
028 *  thus give incorrect results.
029 * </p>
030 * @since 2.0
031 */
032public interface SparseRealMatrix extends RealMatrix {
033
034}