\name{dtCMatrix-class}
\title{Triangular, (compressed) sparse column matrices}
\docType{class}
\alias{dtCMatrix-class}% C  and
\alias{dtTMatrix-class}% T
%
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,dgCMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,dgeMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,dgTMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,dsCMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,dtTMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,dtrMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,ltCMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,ntCMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,TsparseMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,denseMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtCMatrix,matrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,dgTMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,dgeMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,dtCMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,dtrMatrix-method}
%no longer\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,ltTMatrix-method}
%no longer\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,ntTMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,generalMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,dtTMatrix,matrix-method}
\alias{coerce,matrix,dtCMatrix-method}
\alias{coerce,matrix,dtTMatrix-method}
%% Group methods
\alias{Arith,dtCMatrix,dtCMatrix-method}
%
%\alias{solve,dtCMatrix,...-method}%--> solve-methods.Rd
\alias{t,dtCMatrix-method}
\alias{t,dtTMatrix-method}
\description{The \code{"dtCMatrix"} class is a class of triangular, sparse
  matrices in the compressed, column-oriented format.  In this
  implementation the non-zero elements in the columns are sorted into
  increasing row order.

  The \code{"dtTMatrix"} class is a class of triangular, sparse matrices
  in triplet format.
}
\section{Objects from the Class}{
  Objects can be created by calls of the form \code{new("dtCMatrix",
    ...)} or calls of the form  \code{new("dtTMatrix", ...)}, but more
  typically automatically via \code{\link{Matrix}()} or coercion such as
  \code{as(x, "triangularMatrix")}, or \code{as(x, "dtCMatrix")}.
}
\section{Slots}{
  \describe{
    \item{\code{uplo}:}{Object of class \code{"character"}. Must be
      either "U", for upper triangular, and "L", for lower triangular.}
    \item{\code{diag}:}{Object of class \code{"character"}. Must be
      either \code{"U"}, for unit triangular (diagonal is all ones), or
      \code{"N"}; see \code{\linkS4class{triangularMatrix}}.}
    \item{\code{p}:}{(only present in \code{"dtCMatrix"}:) an
      \code{\link{integer}} vector for providing pointers, one for each
      column, see the detailed description in \code{\linkS4class{CsparseMatrix}}.}
    \item{\code{i}:}{Object of class \code{"integer"} of length nnzero
      (number of non-zero elements).  These are the row numbers for
      each non-zero element in the matrix.}
    \item{\code{j}:}{Object of class \code{"integer"} of length nnzero
      (number of non-zero elements).  These are the column numbers for
      each non-zero element in the matrix. (Only present in the
      \code{dtTMatrix} class.)}
    \item{\code{x}:}{Object of class \code{"numeric"} - the non-zero
      elements of the matrix.}
    \item{\code{Dim},\code{Dimnames}:}{The dimension (a length-2
      \code{"integer"}) and corresponding names (or \code{NULL}),
      inherited from the \code{\linkS4class{Matrix}}, see there.}
  }
}
\section{Extends}{
  Class \code{"dgCMatrix"}, directly.
  Class \code{"triangularMatrix"}, directly.
  Class \code{"dMatrix"}, \code{"sparseMatrix"}, and more by class
  \code{"dgCMatrix"} etc, see the examples.
}
\section{Methods}{
  \describe{
    \item{coerce}{\code{signature(from = "dtCMatrix", to = "dgTMatrix")}}
    \item{coerce}{\code{signature(from = "dtCMatrix", to = "dgeMatrix")}}
    \item{coerce}{\code{signature(from = "dtTMatrix", to = "dgeMatrix")}}
    \item{coerce}{\code{signature(from = "dtTMatrix", to = "dtrMatrix")}}
    \item{coerce}{\code{signature(from = "dtTMatrix", to = "matrix")}}
    \item{solve}{\code{signature(a = "dtCMatrix", b = "....")}:
      sparse triangular solve (aka \dQuote{backsolve} or
      \dQuote{forwardsolve}), see \code{\link{solve-methods}}.}
    \item{t}{\code{signature(x = "dtCMatrix")}: returns the transpose of
      \code{x}}
    \item{t}{\code{signature(x = "dtTMatrix")}: returns the transpose of
      \code{x}}
  }
}
%\references{}
%\author{}
%\note{}
\seealso{
  Classes \code{\linkS4class{dgCMatrix}}, \code{\linkS4class{dgTMatrix}},
  \code{\linkS4class{dgeMatrix}}, and \code{\linkS4class{dtrMatrix}}.
}
\examples{
showClass("dtCMatrix")

showClass("dtTMatrix")
t1 <- new("dtTMatrix", x= c(3,7), i= 0:1, j=3:2, Dim= as.integer(c(4,4)))
t1
## from  0-diagonal to unit-diagonal {low-level step}:
tu <- t1 ; tu@diag <- "U"
tu
(cu <- as(tu, "dtCMatrix"))
str(cu)# only two entries in @i and @x
stopifnot(cu@i == 1:0,
          all(2 * symmpart(cu) == Diagonal(4) + forceSymmetric(cu)))

t1[1,2:3] <- -1:-2
diag(t1) <- 10*c(1:2,3:2)
t1 # still triangular
(it1 <- solve(t1))
t1. <- solve(it1)
all(abs(t1 - t1.) < 10 * .Machine$double.eps)

## 2nd example
U5 <- new("dtCMatrix", i= c(1L, 0:3), p=c(0L,0L,0:2, 5L), Dim = c(5L, 5L),
          x = rep(1, 5), diag = "U")
U5
(iu <- solve(U5)) # contains one '0'
validObject(iu2 <- solve(U5, Diagonal(5)))# failed in earlier versions

I5 <- iu  \%*\% U5 # should equal the identity matrix
i5 <- iu2 \%*\% U5
m53 <- matrix(1:15, 5,3, dimnames=list(NULL,letters[1:3]))
asDiag <- function(M) as(drop0(M), "diagonalMatrix")
stopifnot(
   all.equal(Diagonal(5), asDiag(I5), tolerance=1e-14) ,
   all.equal(Diagonal(5), asDiag(i5), tolerance=1e-14) ,
   identical(list(NULL, dimnames(m53)[[2]]), dimnames(solve(U5, m53)))
)
\dontshow{%
i5. <- I5; colnames(i5.) <- LETTERS[11:15]
M53 <- as(m53, "dgeMatrix")
stopifnot(
   identical((dns <- dimnames(solve(i5., M53))),
             dimnames(solve(as.matrix(i5.), as.matrix(M53)))) ,
   identical(dns, dimnames(solve(i5., as.matrix(M53))))
)
}%dont
}
\keyword{classes}
\keyword{algebra}