Sparse matrix - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_matrixThe fill-in of a matrix are those entries that change from an initial zero to a non-zero value during the execution of an algorithm. To reduce the memory requirements and the number of arithmetic operations used during an algorithm, it is useful to minimize the fill-in by switching rows and columns in the matrix. The symbolic Cholesky decomposition can be used to calculate the worst possible fill-in before doing the actual Cholesky decomposition.
Sparse Matrix - javatpoint
https://www.javatpoint.com/sparse-matrixConsider the sparse matrix -. In the above figure, we can observe a 4x4 sparse matrix containing 5 non-zero elements and 11 zero elements. Above matrix occupies 4x4 = 16 memory space. Increasing the size of matrix will increase the wastage space. The linked list representation of the above matrix is given below -.