1 function envelope = envelope(A)
2 ## Compute the envelope of the matrix ``A``. The envelope of a matrix
3 ## is defined as the set of indices,
5 ## E = { (i,j) : i < j, A(k,j) != 0 for some k <= i }
7 if (!issymmetric(A) && !is_upper_triangular(A))
8 ## The envelope of a matrix is only defined for U-T or symmetric
14 ## Start with an empty result, and append to it as we find
15 ## satisfactory indices.
18 for j = [ 1 : columns(A) ]
19 ## Everything below the first non-zero element in a column will be
20 ## part of the envelope. Since we're moving from top to bottom, we
21 ## can simply set a flag indicating that we've found the first
22 ## non-zero element. Thereafter, everything we encounter should be
23 ## added to the envelope.
24 found_nonzero = false;
32 envelope{end+1} = [i,j];