test_mat, a C++ code which defines test matrices for which the condition number, determinant, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, inverse, null vectors, P*L*U factorization or linear system solution are known. Examples include the Fibonacci, Hilbert, Redheffer, Vandermonde, Wathen and Wilkinson matrices.
A wide range of matrix dimensions, forms and properties are available. These matrices may be useful in testing an algorithm for correctness on a variety of problems.
Many of the matrices can be rectangular, with the user specifying the number of rows and columns. Almost all the matrices can be made of arbitrary size, with the user specifying the dimension.
Many different matrix zero structures are available, including diagonal, bidiagonal, tridiagonal, pentadiagonal, banded, upper and lower triangular, and Hessenberg.
Many different matrix symmetry patterns are available, including symmetric, antisymmetric, persymmetric, circulant, Toeplitz, and Hankel.
Many of the matrices come from a MATLAB M file collection developed by Nicholas Higham, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester.
An earlier version of the collection is available, again as MATLAB M files, in ACM TOMS Algorithm 694, in the TOMS directory of the NETLIB web site.
Many of these matrices, and many other matrices, are available at https://math.nist.gov, the Matrix Market web site.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license
test_mat is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.
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