# Sparse BLAS Routines

The Sparse BLAS Level 1 Routines and Functions and Sparse BLAS Level 2 Routines and Level 3 routines and functions operate on sparse vectors and matrices. These routines perform vector operations similar to the BLAS Level 1, 2, and 3 routines. The Sparse BLAS routines take advantage of vector and matrix sparsity: they allow you to store only non-zero elements of vectors and matrices. Intel MKL also supports Fortran 95 interface to Sparse BLAS routines.

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