nmatrix-atlas 0.2.0

data/spec/leakcheck.rb

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+require "./lib/nmatrix"
+
+# Fixed:
+#n = NMatrix.new(:yale, [8,2], :int64)
+#m = NMatrix.new(:yale, [2,8], :int64)
+#100.times do
+#  n.dot(m)
+#end
+#GC.start
+
+# Remaining:
+100.times do |t|
+  n = NMatrix.new(:dense, 1000, :float64)
+  n[0,t] = 1.0
+  puts n[t,0]
+end

data/spec/math_spec.rb

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+# = NMatrix
+#
+# A linear algebra library for scientific computation in Ruby.
+# NMatrix is part of SciRuby.
+#
+# NMatrix was originally inspired by and derived from NArray, by
+# Masahiro Tanaka: http://narray.rubyforge.org
+#
+# == Copyright Information
+#
+# SciRuby is Copyright (c) 2010 - 2014, Ruby Science Foundation
+# NMatrix is Copyright (c) 2012 - 2014, John Woods and the Ruby Science Foundation
+#
+# Please see LICENSE.txt for additional copyright notices.
+#
+# == Contributing
+#
+# By contributing source code to SciRuby, you agree to be bound by
+# our Contributor Agreement:
+#
+# * https://github.com/SciRuby/sciruby/wiki/Contributor-Agreement
+#
+# == math_spec.rb
+#
+# Tests for non-BLAS and non-LAPACK math functions, or for simplified
+# versions of unfriendly BLAS and LAPACK functions.
+#
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "math" do
+  context "elementwise math functions" do
+
+    [:dense,:list,:yale].each do |stype|
+      context stype do
+
+        [:int64,:float64].each do |dtype|
+          context dtype do
+            before :each do
+              @size = [2,2]
+              @m = NMatrix.seq(@size, dtype: dtype, stype: stype)+1
+              @a = @m.to_a.flatten
+            end
+
+            NMatrix::NMMath::METHODS_ARITY_1.each do |meth|
+              #skip inverse regular trig functions
+              next if meth.to_s.start_with?('a') and (not meth.to_s.end_with?('h')) \
+                and NMatrix::NMMath::METHODS_ARITY_1.include?(
+                  meth.to_s[1...meth.to_s.length].to_sym)
+              next if meth == :atanh
+
+              if meth == :-@
+                it "should correctly apply elementwise negation" do
+                  expect(@m.send(meth)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| -e }, dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+                end
+                next
+              end
+
+              it "should correctly apply elementwise #{meth}" do
+
+                expect(@m.send(meth)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map{ |e| Math.send(meth, e) },
+                                                 dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+              end
+            end
+
+            NMatrix::NMMath::METHODS_ARITY_2.each do |meth|
+              next if meth == :atan2
+              it "should correctly apply elementwise #{meth}" do
+                expect(@m.send(meth, @m)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map{ |e|
+                                                     Math.send(meth, e, e) },
+                                                     dtype: :float64,
+                                                     stype: stype)
+              end
+
+              it "should correctly apply elementwise #{meth} with a scalar first arg" do
+                expect(Math.send(meth, 1, @m)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| Math.send(meth, 1, e) }, dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+              end
+
+              it "should correctly apply elementwise #{meth} with a scalar second arg" do
+                expect(@m.send(meth, 1)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| Math.send(meth, e, 1) }, dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+              end
+            end
+
+            it "should correctly apply elementwise natural log" do
+              expect(@m.log).to eq N.new(@size, [0, Math.log(2), Math.log(3), Math.log(4)],
+                                        dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+            end
+
+            it "should correctly apply elementwise log with arbitrary base" do
+              expect(@m.log(3)).to eq N.new(@size, [0, Math.log(2,3), 1, Math.log(4,3)],
+                                           dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+            end
+
+            context "inverse trig functions" do
+              before :each do
+                @m = NMatrix.seq(@size, dtype: dtype, stype: stype)/4
+                @a = @m.to_a.flatten
+              end
+              [:asin, :acos, :atan, :atanh].each do |atf|
+
+                it "should correctly apply elementwise #{atf}" do
+                  expect(@m.send(atf)).to eq N.new(@size, 
+                                               @a.map{ |e| Math.send(atf, e) },
+                                               dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+                end
+              end
+
+              it "should correctly apply elementtwise atan2" do
+                expect(@m.atan2(@m*0+1)).to eq N.new(@size, 
+                  @a.map { |e| Math.send(:atan2, e, 1) }, dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+              end
+
+              it "should correctly apply elementwise atan2 with a scalar first arg" do
+                expect(Math.atan2(1, @m)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| Math.send(:atan2, 1, e) }, dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+              end
+
+              it "should correctly apply elementwise atan2 with a scalar second arg" do
+                  expect(@m.atan2(1)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| Math.send(:atan2, e, 1) }, dtype: :float64, stype: stype)
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+          
+        context "Floor and ceil for #{stype}" do  
+
+          [:floor, :ceil].each do |meth|
+            ALL_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+              context dtype do
+                before :each do
+                  @size = [2,2]
+                  @m    = NMatrix.seq(@size, dtype: dtype, stype: stype)+1
+                  @a    = @m.to_a.flatten
+                end
+
+                if dtype.to_s.match(/int/) or [:byte, :object].include?(dtype)
+                  it "should return #{dtype} for #{dtype}" do
+                    
+                    expect(@m.send(meth)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| e.send(meth) }, dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+
+                    if dtype == :object
+                      expect(@m.send(meth).dtype).to eq :object
+                    else
+                      expect(@m.send(meth).integer_dtype?).to eq true
+                    end
+                  end
+                elsif dtype.to_s.match(/float/)
+                  it "should return dtype int64 for #{dtype}" do
+
+                    expect(@m.send(meth)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| e.send(meth) }, dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+                    
+                    expect(@m.send(meth).dtype).to eq :int64
+                  end
+                elsif dtype.to_s.match(/complex/) 
+                  it "should properly calculate #{meth} for #{dtype}" do
+
+                    expect(@m.send(meth)).to eq N.new(@size, @a.map { |e| e = Complex(e.real.send(meth), e.imag.send(meth)) }, dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+
+                    expect(@m.send(meth).dtype).to eq :complex64  if dtype == :complex64
+                    expect(@m.send(meth).dtype).to eq :complex128 if dtype == :complex128
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "#round for #{stype}" do
+          ALL_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+            context dtype do
+              before :each do
+                @size = [2,2]
+                @mat  = NMatrix.new @size, [1.33334, 0.9998, 1.9999, -8.9999], 
+                  dtype: dtype, stype: stype
+                @ans  = @mat.to_a.flatten
+              end
+
+              it "rounds" do
+                expect(@mat.round).to eq(N.new(@size, @ans.map { |a| a.round}, 
+                  dtype: dtype, stype: stype))
+              end unless(/complex/ =~ dtype)
+
+              it "rounds with args" do
+                expect(@mat.round(2)).to eq(N.new(@size, @ans.map { |a| a.round(2)}, 
+                  dtype: dtype, stype: stype))
+              end unless(/complex/ =~ dtype)
+
+              it "rounds complex with args" do
+                puts @mat.round(2)
+                expect(@mat.round(2)).to be_within(0.0001).of(N.new [2,2], @ans.map {|a| 
+                  Complex(a.real.round(2), a.imag.round(2))},dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+              end if(/complex/ =~ dtype)
+
+              it "rounds complex" do
+                expect(@mat.round).to eq(N.new [2,2], @ans.map {|a| 
+                  Complex(a.real.round, a.imag.round)},dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+              end if(/complex/ =~ dtype)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  NON_INTEGER_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+    next if dtype == :object
+    context dtype do
+      before do
+        @m = NMatrix.new([3,4], GETRF_EXAMPLE_ARRAY, dtype: dtype)
+        @err = case dtype
+                 when :float32, :complex64
+                   1e-6
+                 when :float64, :complex128
+                   1e-14
+               end
+      end
+
+      #haven't check this spec yet. Also it doesn't check all the elements of the matrix.
+      it "should correctly factorize a matrix" do
+        a = @m.factorize_lu
+        expect(a).to be_within(@err).of(NMatrix.new([3,4], GETRF_SOLUTION_ARRAY, dtype: dtype))
+      end
+
+      it "also returns the permutation matrix" do
+        a, p = @m.factorize_lu perm_matrix: true
+
+        expect(a).to be_within(@err).of(NMatrix.new([3,4], GETRF_SOLUTION_ARRAY, dtype: dtype))
+
+        p_true = NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0], dtype: dtype)
+        expect(p).to eq(p_true)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  NON_INTEGER_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+    next if dtype == :object
+    context dtype do
+
+      it "calculates cholesky decomposition using potrf (lower)" do
+        #a = NMatrix.new([3,3],[1,1,1, 1,2,2, 1,2,6], dtype: dtype)
+        # We use the matrix
+        # 1 1 1
+        # 1 2 2
+        # 1 2 6
+        # which is symmetric and positive-definite as required, but
+        # we need only store the lower-half of the matrix.
+        a = NMatrix.new([3,3],[1,0,0, 1,2,0, 1,2,6], dtype: dtype)
+        begin
+          r = a.potrf!(:lower)
+
+          b = NMatrix.new([3,3],[1,0,0, 1,1,0, 1,1,2], dtype: dtype)
+          expect(a).to eq(b)
+          expect(r).to eq(b)
+        rescue NotImplementedError
+          pending "potrf! not implemented without plugins"
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "calculates cholesky decomposition using potrf (upper)" do
+        a = NMatrix.new([3,3],[1,1,1, 0,2,2, 0,0,6], dtype: dtype)
+        begin
+          r = a.potrf!(:upper)
+
+          b = NMatrix.new([3,3],[1,1,1, 0,1,1, 0,0,2], dtype: dtype)
+          expect(a).to eq(b)
+          expect(r).to eq(b)
+        rescue NotImplementedError
+          pending "potrf! not implemented without plugins"
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "calculates cholesky decomposition using #factorize_cholesky" do
+        a = NMatrix.new([3,3],[1,2,1, 2,13,5, 1,5,6], dtype: dtype)
+        begin
+          u,l = a.factorize_cholesky
+
+          l_true = NMatrix.new([3,3],[1,0,0, 2,3,0, 1,1,2], dtype: dtype)
+          u_true = l_true.transpose
+          expect(u).to eq(u_true)
+          expect(l).to eq(l_true)
+        rescue NotImplementedError
+          pending "potrf! not implemented without plugins"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  ALL_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+    next if dtype == :byte #doesn't work for unsigned types
+    next if dtype == :object
+
+    context dtype do
+      err = case dtype
+              when :float32, :complex64
+                1e-4
+              else #integer matrices will return :float64
+                1e-13
+            end
+
+      it "should correctly invert a matrix in place (bang)" do
+        a = NMatrix.new(:dense, 5, [1, 8,-9, 7, 5, 
+                                    0, 1, 0, 4, 4, 
+                                    0, 0, 1, 2, 5, 
+                                    0, 0, 0, 1,-5,
+                                    0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], dtype)
+        b = NMatrix.new(:dense, 5, [1,-8, 9, 7, 17,
+                                    0, 1, 0,-4,-24,
+                                    0, 0, 1,-2,-15,
+                                    0, 0, 0, 1,  5,
+                                    0, 0, 0, 0,  1,], dtype)
+        if a.integer_dtype?
+          expect{a.invert!}.to raise_error(DataTypeError)
+        else
+          #should return inverse as well as modifying a
+          r = a.invert!
+          expect(a).to be_within(err).of(b)
+          expect(r).to be_within(err).of(b)
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "should correctly invert a matrix out-of-place" do
+        a = NMatrix.new(:dense, 3, [1,2,3,0,1,4,5,6,0], dtype)
+
+        if a.integer_dtype?
+          b = NMatrix.new(:dense, 3, [-24,18,5,20,-15,-4,-5,4,1], :float64)
+        else
+          b = NMatrix.new(:dense, 3, [-24,18,5,20,-15,-4,-5,4,1], dtype)
+        end
+
+        expect(a.invert).to be_within(err).of(b)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # TODO: Get it working with ROBJ too
+  [:byte,:int8,:int16,:int32,:int64,:float32,:float64].each do |left_dtype|
+    [:byte,:int8,:int16,:int32,:int64,:float32,:float64].each do |right_dtype|
+
+      # Won't work if they're both 1-byte, due to overflow.
+      next if [:byte,:int8].include?(left_dtype) && [:byte,:int8].include?(right_dtype)
+
+      # For now, don't bother testing int-int mult.
+      #next if [:int8,:int16,:int32,:int64].include?(left_dtype) && [:int8,:int16,:int32,:int64].include?(right_dtype)
+      it "dense handles #{left_dtype.to_s} dot #{right_dtype.to_s} matrix multiplication" do
+        #STDERR.puts "dtype=#{dtype.to_s}"
+        #STDERR.puts "2"
+
+        nary = if left_dtype.to_s =~ /complex/
+                 COMPLEX_MATRIX43A_ARRAY
+               else
+                 MATRIX43A_ARRAY
+               end
+
+        mary = if right_dtype.to_s =~ /complex/
+                 COMPLEX_MATRIX32A_ARRAY
+               else
+                 MATRIX32A_ARRAY
+               end
+
+        n = NMatrix.new([4,3], nary, dtype: left_dtype, stype: :dense)
+        m = NMatrix.new([3,2], mary, dtype: right_dtype, stype: :dense)
+
+        expect(m.shape[0]).to eq(3)
+        expect(m.shape[1]).to eq(2)
+        expect(m.dim).to eq(2)
+
+        expect(n.shape[0]).to eq(4)
+        expect(n.shape[1]).to eq(3)
+        expect(n.dim).to eq(2)
+
+        expect(n.shape[1]).to eq(m.shape[0])
+
+        r = n.dot m
+
+        expect(r[0,0]).to eq(273.0)
+        expect(r[0,1]).to eq(455.0)
+        expect(r[1,0]).to eq(243.0)
+        expect(r[1,1]).to eq(235.0)
+        expect(r[2,0]).to eq(244.0)
+        expect(r[2,1]).to eq(205.0)
+        expect(r[3,0]).to eq(102.0)
+        expect(r[3,1]).to eq(160.0)
+
+        #r.dtype.should == :float64 unless left_dtype == :float32 && right_dtype == :float32
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  [:byte,:int8,:int16,:int32,:int64,:float32,:float64].each do |left_dtype|
+    [:byte,:int8,:int16,:int32,:int64,:float32,:float64].each do |right_dtype|
+
+      # Won't work if they're both 1-byte, due to overflow.
+      next if [:byte,:int8].include?(left_dtype) && [:byte,:int8].include?(right_dtype)
+
+      it "dense handles #{left_dtype.to_s} dot #{right_dtype.to_s} vector multiplication" do
+        #STDERR.puts "dtype=#{dtype.to_s}"
+        #STDERR.puts "2"
+        n = NMatrix.new([4,3], [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0], dtype: left_dtype)
+
+        m = NMatrix.new([3,1], [2.0, 1.0, 0.0], dtype: right_dtype)
+
+        expect(m.shape[0]).to eq(3)
+        expect(m.shape[1]).to eq(1)
+
+        expect(n.shape[0]).to eq(4)
+        expect(n.shape[1]).to eq(3)
+        expect(n.dim).to eq(2)
+
+        expect(n.shape[1]).to eq(m.shape[0])
+
+        r = n.dot m
+        # r.class.should == NVector
+
+        expect(r[0,0]).to eq(4)
+        expect(r[1,0]).to eq(13)
+        expect(r[2,0]).to eq(22)
+        expect(r[3,0]).to eq(31)
+
+        #r.dtype.should == :float64 unless left_dtype == :float32 && right_dtype == :float32
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  ALL_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+    next if integer_dtype?(dtype)
+    context "#cov dtype #{dtype}" do
+      before do 
+        @n = NMatrix.new( [5,3], [4.0,2.0,0.60,
+                                  4.2,2.1,0.59,
+                                  3.9,2.0,0.58,
+                                  4.3,2.1,0.62,
+                                  4.1,2.2,0.63], dtype: dtype)
+      end
+
+      it "calculates variance co-variance matrix (sample)" do
+        expect(@n.cov).to be_within(0.0001).of(NMatrix.new([3,3], 
+          [0.025  , 0.0075, 0.00175,
+           0.0075, 0.007 , 0.00135,
+           0.00175, 0.00135 , 0.00043 ], dtype: dtype)
+        )
+      end
+
+      it "calculates variance co-variance matrix (population)" do
+        expect(@n.cov(for_sample_data: false)).to be_within(0.0001).of(NMatrix.new([3,3], 
+                  [2.0000e-02, 6.0000e-03, 1.4000e-03,
+                   6.0000e-03, 5.6000e-03, 1.0800e-03,
+                   1.4000e-03, 1.0800e-03, 3.4400e-04], dtype: dtype)
+                )
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "#corr #{dtype}" do
+      it "calculates the correlation matrix" do
+        n = NMatrix.new([5,3], [4.0,2.0,0.60,
+                                4.2,2.1,0.59,
+                                3.9,2.0,0.58,
+                                4.3,2.1,0.62,
+                                4.1,2.2,0.63], dtype: dtype)
+        expect(n.corr).to be_within(0.001).of(NMatrix.new([3,3], 
+          [1.00000, 0.56695, 0.53374,
+           0.56695, 1.00000, 0.77813,
+           0.53374, 0.77813, 1.00000], dtype: dtype))
+      end unless dtype =~ /complex/
+    end
+
+    context "#symmetric? for #{dtype}" do
+      it "should return true for symmetric matrix" do 
+        n = NMatrix.new([3,3], [1.00000, 0.56695, 0.53374,
+                                0.56695, 1.00000, 0.77813,
+                                0.53374, 0.77813, 1.00000], dtype: dtype)
+        expect(n.symmetric?).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "#hermitian? for #{dtype}" do
+      it "should return true for complex hermitian or non-complex symmetric matrix" do 
+        n = NMatrix.new([3,3], [1.00000, 0.56695, 0.53374,
+                                0.56695, 1.00000, 0.77813,
+                                0.53374, 0.77813, 1.00000], dtype: dtype) unless dtype =~ /complex/
+        n = NMatrix.new([3,3], [1.1, Complex(1.2,1.3), Complex(1.4,1.5),
+                                Complex(1.2,-1.3), 1.9, Complex(1.8,1.7),
+                                Complex(1.4,-1.5), Complex(1.8,-1.7), 1.3], dtype: dtype) if dtype =~ /complex/
+        expect(n.hermitian?).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "#permute_columns for #{dtype}" do
+      it "check that #permute_columns works correctly by considering every premutation of a 3x3 matrix" do
+        n = NMatrix.new([3,3], [1,0,0,
+                                0,2,0,
+                                0,0,3], dtype: dtype)
+        expect(n.permute_columns([0,1,2], {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [1,0,0,
+                                                                                              0,2,0,
+                                                                                              0,0,3], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([0,2,1], {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [1,0,0,
+                                                                                              0,0,2,
+                                                                                              0,3,0], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([1,0,2], {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,1,0,
+                                                                                              2,0,0,
+                                                                                              0,0,3], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([1,2,0], {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,0,1,
+                                                                                              2,0,0,
+                                                                                              0,3,0], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([2,0,1], {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,1,0,
+                                                                                              0,0,2,
+                                                                                              3,0,0], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([2,1,0], {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,0,1,
+                                                                                              0,2,0,
+                                                                                              3,0,0], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([0,1,2], {convention: :lapack})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [1,0,0,
+                                                                                           0,2,0,
+                                                                                           0,0,3], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([0,2,2], {convention: :lapack})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [1,0,0,
+                                                                                           0,0,2,
+                                                                                           0,3,0], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([1,1,2], {convention: :lapack})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,1,0,
+                                                                                           2,0,0,
+                                                                                           0,0,3], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([1,2,2], {convention: :lapack})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,0,1,
+                                                                                           2,0,0,
+                                                                                           0,3,0], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([2,2,2], {convention: :lapack})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,1,0,
+                                                                                           0,0,2,
+                                                                                           3,0,0], dtype: dtype))
+        expect(n.permute_columns([2,1,2], {convention: :lapack})).to eq(NMatrix.new([3,3], [0,0,1,
+                                                                                           0,2,0,
+                                                                                           3,0,0], dtype: dtype))
+      end
+      it "additional tests for  #permute_columns with convention :intuitive" do
+        m = NMatrix.new([1,4], [0,1,2,3], dtype: dtype)
+        perm = [1,0,3,2]
+        expect(m.permute_columns(perm, {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([1,4], perm, dtype: dtype))
+
+        m = NMatrix.new([1,5], [0,1,2,3,4], dtype: dtype)
+        perm = [1,0,4,3,2]
+        expect(m.permute_columns(perm, {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([1,5], perm, dtype: dtype))
+
+        m = NMatrix.new([1,6], [0,1,2,3,4,5], dtype: dtype)
+        perm = [2,4,1,0,5,3]
+        expect(m.permute_columns(perm, {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([1,6], perm, dtype: dtype))
+
+        m = NMatrix.new([1,7], [0,1,2,3,4,5,6], dtype: dtype)
+        perm = [1,3,5,6,0,2,4]
+        expect(m.permute_columns(perm, {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([1,7], perm, dtype: dtype))
+
+        m = NMatrix.new([1,8], [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7], dtype: dtype)
+        perm = [6,7,5,4,1,3,0,2]
+        expect(m.permute_columns(perm, {convention: :intuitive})).to eq(NMatrix.new([1,8], perm, dtype: dtype))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "#solve" do
+    NON_INTEGER_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+      next if dtype == :object # LU factorization doesnt work for :object yet
+      it "solves linear equation for dtype #{dtype}" do
+        a = NMatrix.new [2,2], [3,1,1,2], dtype: dtype
+        b = NMatrix.new [2,1], [9,8], dtype: dtype
+
+        expect(a.solve(b)).to eq(NMatrix.new [2,1], [2,3], dtype: dtype)
+      end
+
+      it "solves linear equation for #{dtype} (non-symmetric matrix)" do
+        a = NMatrix.new [3,3], [1,1,1, -1,0,1, 3,4,6], dtype: dtype
+        b = NMatrix.new [3,1], [6,2,29], dtype: dtype
+
+        err = case dtype
+                when :float32, :complex64
+                  1e-5
+                else
+                  1e-14
+              end
+
+        expect(a.solve(b)).to be_within(err).of(NMatrix.new([3,1], [1,2,3], dtype: dtype))
+      end
+
+      it "solves linear equation for dtype #{dtype} (non-vector rhs)" do
+        a = NMatrix.new [3,3], [1,0,0, -1,0,1, 2,1,1], dtype: dtype
+        b = NMatrix.new [3,2], [1,0, 1,2, 4,2], dtype: dtype
+
+        expect(a.solve(b)).to eq(NMatrix.new [3,2], [1,0, 0,0, 2,2], dtype: dtype)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "#hessenberg" do
+    FLOAT_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+      context dtype do
+        before do
+          @n = NMatrix.new [5,5], 
+            [0, 2, 0, 1, 1,
+             2, 2, 3, 2, 2,
+             4,-3, 0, 1, 3,
+             6, 1,-6,-5, 4,
+             5, 6, 4, 1, 5], dtype: dtype
+        end
+
+        it "transforms a matrix to Hessenberg form" do
+          expect(@n.hessenberg).to be_within(0.0001).of(NMatrix.new([5,5],    
+            [0.00000,-1.66667, 0.79432,-0.45191,-1.54501,
+            -9.00000, 2.95062,-6.89312, 3.22250,-0.19012,
+             0.00000,-8.21682,-0.57379, 5.26966,-1.69976,
+             0.00000, 0.00000,-3.74630,-0.80893, 3.99708,
+             0.00000, 0.00000, 0.00000, 0.04102, 0.43211], dtype: dtype))
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  ALL_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+    [:dense, :yale].each do |stype|
+      answer_dtype = integer_dtype?(dtype) ? :int64 : dtype
+      next if dtype == :byte
+      
+      context "#pow #{dtype} #{stype}" do
+        before do 
+          @n = NMatrix.new [4,4], [0, 2, 0, 1,
+                                  2, 2, 3, 2,
+                                  4,-3, 0, 1,
+                                  6, 1,-6,-5], dtype: dtype, stype: stype
+        end
+
+        it "raises a square matrix to even power" do
+          expect(@n.pow(4)).to eq(NMatrix.new([4,4], [292, 28,-63, -42, 
+                                                     360, 96, 51, -14,
+                                                     448,-231,-24,-87,
+                                                   -1168, 595,234, 523], 
+                                                   dtype: answer_dtype, 
+                                                   stype: stype))
+        end
+
+        it "raises a square matrix to odd power" do
+          expect(@n.pow(9)).to eq(NMatrix.new([4,4],[-275128,  279917, 176127, 237451,
+                                                    -260104,  394759, 166893,  296081,
+                                                    -704824,  285700, 186411,  262002,
+                                                    3209256,-1070870,-918741,-1318584],
+                                                    dtype: answer_dtype, stype: stype))
+        end
+
+        it "raises a sqaure matrix to negative power" do
+          expect(@n.pow(-3)).to be_within(0.00001).of (NMatrix.new([4,4],
+            [1.0647e-02, 4.2239e-04,-6.2281e-05, 2.7680e-03,
+            -1.6415e-02, 2.1296e-02, 1.0718e-02, 4.8589e-03,   
+             8.6956e-03,-8.6569e-03, 2.8993e-02, 7.2015e-03,
+             5.0034e-02,-1.7500e-02,-3.6777e-02,-1.2128e-02], dtype: answer_dtype, 
+             stype: stype)) 
+        end unless stype =~ /yale/ or dtype == :object or ALL_DTYPES.grep(/int/).include? dtype
+
+        it "raises a square matrix to zero" do
+          expect(@n.pow(0)).to eq(NMatrix.eye([4,4], dtype: answer_dtype, 
+            stype: stype))
+        end
+
+        it "raises a square matrix to one" do
+          expect(@n.pow(1)).to eq(@n)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  ALL_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+    [:dense, :yale].each do |stype|
+      context "#kron_prod #{dtype} #{stype}" do
+        before do 
+          @a = NMatrix.new([2,2], [1,2,
+                                   3,4], dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+          @b = NMatrix.new([2,3], [1,1,1,
+                                   1,1,1], dtype: dtype, stype: stype)
+          @c = NMatrix.new([4,6], [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2,
+                                   1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2,
+                                   3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4,
+                                   3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4], dtype: dtype, stype: stype) 
+        end
+        it "Compute the Kronecker product of two NMatrix" do
+          expect(@a.kron_prod(@b)).to eq(@c)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "determinants" do
+    ALL_DTYPES.each do |dtype|
+      next if dtype == :object
+      context dtype do
+        before do
+          @a = NMatrix.new([2,2], [1,2,
+                                   3,4], dtype: dtype)
+          @b = NMatrix.new([3,3], [1,2,3,
+                                   5,0,1,
+                                   4,1,3], dtype: dtype)
+          @c = NMatrix.new([4,4], [1, 0, 1, 1,
+                                   1, 2, 3, 1,
+                                   3, 3, 3, 1,
+                                   1, 2, 3, 4], dtype: dtype)
+          @err = case dtype
+                  when :float32, :complex64
+                    1e-6
+                  when :float64, :complex128
+                    1e-14
+                  else
+                    1e-64 # FIXME: should be 0, but be_within(0) does not work.
+                end
+        end
+        it "computes the determinant of 2x2 matrix" do
+          expect(@a.det).to be_within(@err).of(-2)
+        end
+        it "computes the determinant of 3x3 matrix" do
+          expect(@b.det).to be_within(@err).of(-8)
+        end
+        it "computes the determinant of 4x4 matrix" do
+          expect(@c.det).to be_within(@err).of(-18)
+        end
+        it "computes the exact determinant of 2x2 matrix" do
+          if dtype == :byte
+            expect{@a.det_exact}.to raise_error(DataTypeError)
+          else
+            expect(@a.det_exact).to be_within(@err).of(-2)
+          end
+        end
+        it "computes the exact determinant of 3x3 matrix" do
+          if dtype == :byte
+            expect{@a.det_exact}.to raise_error(DataTypeError)
+          else
+            expect(@b.det_exact).to be_within(@err).of(-8)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end