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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2004 David Bateman
+Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Andy Adler
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_sparse_LU_h)
+#define octave_sparse_LU_h 1
+
+#include "sparse-base-lu.h"
+#include "dSparse.h"
+
+class
+SparseLU : public sparse_base_lu <SparseMatrix, double, SparseMatrix, double>
+{
+public:
+
+  SparseLU (void) 
+    : sparse_base_lu <SparseMatrix, double, SparseMatrix, double> () { }
+
+  SparseLU (const SparseMatrix& a, double piv_thres = -1.0);
+
+  SparseLU (const SparseMatrix& a, const ColumnVector& Qinit, 
+	    double piv_thres = -1.0, bool FixedQ = false);
+
+  SparseLU (const SparseLU& a) 
+    : sparse_base_lu <SparseMatrix, double, SparseMatrix, double> (a) { }
+
+  SparseLU& operator = (const SparseLU& a)
+    {
+      if (this != &a)
+	sparse_base_lu <SparseMatrix, double, SparseMatrix, double> 
+	  :: operator = (a);
+
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+  ~SparseLU (void) { }
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/