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c                          S P A R S K I T                             c
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C                        INPUT-OUTPUT MODULE                           c
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c contents:                                                            c
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c  readmt : reads matrices in the Boeing/Harwell format.               c
c  prtmt  : prints matrices in the Boeing/Harwell format.              c
c  dump   : outputs matrix rows in a simple format (debugging purposes)c 
c  pspltm : generates a post-script plot of the non-zero pattern of A  c
c  pltmt  : produces a 'pic' file for plotting a sparse matrix         c
c  smms   : write the matrx in a format used in SMMS package           c
c  readsm : reads matrics in coordinate format (as in SMMS package)    c
c  readsk : reads matrices in CSR format (simplified H/B formate).     c
c  skit   : writes matrics to a file, format same as above.            c
c  prtunf : writes matrics (in CSR format) unformatted                 c
c  readunf: reads unformatted data of matrics (in CSR format)          c
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To visualize a Harwell-Boeing matrix on a Unix workstation, it is easiest
to convert it to a postscript file and then view it with ghostview or gs.
The program hb2ps.ex may be used for the former purpose.
