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MatrixAlgebraKit.jl v0.6.9

Feature release introducing the matrix exponential function and forward-mode AD rules.
It includes a native, (LAPACK-free) Taylor implementation that works in arbitrary precision, and has forward-mode automatic-differentiation rules across the core decompositions.

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  • New exponential / exponential! matrix function with selectable algorithms: MatrixFunctionViaLA (Padé via LinearAlgebra), MatrixFunctionViaEig / MatrixFunctionViaEigh (via eigendecomposition), and DiagonalAlgorithm; also supports the scaled exponential((τ, A)) form (#94).
  • Native scaling-and-squaring Taylor algorithm MatrixFunctionViaTaylor — LAPACK-free, the default for dense matrices, and the only path covering arbitrary-precision element types such as BigFloat (#243).
  • Forward-mode (pushforward) AD rules for the polar, eig/eigh, and SVD decompositions plus the projection / orthnull functions, via the Enzyme and Mooncake extensions (#242, #244, #245, #247).

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See CHANGELOG for the complete list of changes.

@lkdvos lkdvos requested review from Jutho and kshyatt July 10, 2026 13:41
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(Before releasing this, I will double-check the TensorKit + MPSKit tests locally, just to be sure)

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It includes a native, (LAPACK-free) Taylor implementation that works in arbitrary precision, and has forward-mode automatic-differentiation rules across the core decompositions.

I would break this into two sentences, as it sounds there is forward mode rules for the exponential. We currently don't have AD rules for the exponential yet.

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Still have to wait a bit for this one - found some smaller issues in the tests.

@lkdvos lkdvos marked this pull request as draft July 10, 2026 16:46
@lkdvos lkdvos marked this pull request as ready for review July 10, 2026 19:29
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