12 files changed, 264 insertions, 123 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 20c5f0e..8d09c9f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 - Vectors typeclass
 
-- Initial support for Vector Float and Vector (Complex Float)
+- Support for Float and Complex Float elements (excluding LAPACK computations)
 
 - Binary instances for Vector and Matrix
 
diff --git a/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Signatures.hs b/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Signatures.hs
index 8c1c5f6..b81efa4 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Signatures.hs
+++ b/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Signatures.hs
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ type PQ = Ptr (Complex Float)                   --
 type PC = Ptr (Complex Double)                  --
 type TF = CInt -> PF -> IO CInt                 --
 type TFF = CInt -> PF -> TF                     --
+type TFV = CInt -> PF -> TV                     --
+type TVF = CInt -> PD -> TF                     --
 type TFFF = CInt -> PF -> TFF                   --
 type TV = CInt -> PD -> IO CInt                 --
 type TVV = CInt -> PD -> TV                     --
 type TVVV = CInt -> PD -> TVV                   --
 type TFM = CInt -> CInt -> PF -> IO CInt        --
 type TFMFM =  CInt -> CInt -> PF -> TFM         --
+type TFMFMFM =  CInt -> CInt -> PF -> TFMFM     --
 type TM = CInt -> CInt -> PD -> IO CInt         --
 type TMM =  CInt -> CInt -> PD -> TM            --
 type TVMM = CInt -> PD -> TMM                   --
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ type TQVQVQV = CInt -> PQ -> TQVQV              --
 type TQVF = CInt -> PQ -> TF                    --
 type TQM = CInt -> CInt -> PQ -> IO CInt        --
 type TQMQM = CInt -> CInt -> PQ -> TQM          --
+type TQMQMQM = CInt -> CInt -> PQ -> TQMQM      --
 type TCMCV = CInt -> CInt -> PC -> TCV          --
 type TVCV = CInt -> PD -> TCV                   --
 type TCVM = CInt -> PC -> TM                    --
diff --git a/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Vector.hs b/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Vector.hs
index ac2d0d7..c8cc2c2 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Vector.hs
+++ b/lib/Data/Packed/Internal/Vector.hs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Data.Packed.Internal.Vector (
     mapVectorM, mapVectorM_,
     foldVector, foldVectorG, foldLoop,
     createVector, vec,
-    asComplex, asReal,
+    asComplex, asReal, float2DoubleV, double2FloatV,
     fwriteVector, freadVector, fprintfVector, fscanfVector,
     cloneVector,
     unsafeToForeignPtr,
@@ -274,6 +274,24 @@ asComplex :: (RealFloat a, Storable a) => Vector a -> Vector (Complex a)
 asComplex v = unsafeFromForeignPtr (castForeignPtr fp) (i `div` 2) (n `div` 2)
     where (fp,i,n) = unsafeToForeignPtr v
 
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+float2DoubleV :: Vector Float -> Vector Double
+float2DoubleV v = unsafePerformIO $ do
+    r <- createVector (dim v)
+    app2 c_float2double vec v vec r "float2double"
+    return r
+
+double2FloatV :: Vector Double -> Vector Float
+double2FloatV v = unsafePerformIO $ do
+    r <- createVector (dim v)
+    app2 c_double2float vec v vec r "double2float2"
+    return r
+
+
+foreign import ccall "float2double" c_float2double:: TFV
+foreign import ccall "double2float" c_double2float:: TVF
+
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 cloneVector :: Storable t => Vector t -> IO (Vector t)
diff --git a/lib/Data/Packed/Matrix.hs b/lib/Data/Packed/Matrix.hs
index 8aa1693..8694249 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Packed/Matrix.hs
+++ b/lib/Data/Packed/Matrix.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  Data.Packed.Matrix
@@ -16,8 +20,9 @@
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 module Data.Packed.Matrix (
-    Element, Scalar, Container(..), Convert(..),
-    RealOf, ComplexOf, SingleOf, DoubleOf, ElementOf, AutoReal(..),
+    Element, RealElement, Container(..),
+    Convert(..), RealOf, ComplexOf, SingleOf, DoubleOf, ElementOf,
+    AutoReal(..),
     Matrix,rows,cols,
     (><),
     trans,
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ import Data.Binary
 import Foreign.Storable
 import Control.Monad(replicateM)
 import Control.Arrow((***))
-import GHC.Float(double2Float,float2Double)
+--import GHC.Float(double2Float,float2Double)
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -468,17 +473,32 @@ toBlocksEvery r c m = toBlocks rs cs m where
 
 -- | conversion utilities
 
-class (Element t, Element (Complex t), Fractional t, RealFloat t) => Scalar t
+class (Element t, Element (Complex t), RealFloat t) => RealElement t
+
+instance RealElement Double
+instance RealElement Float
+
+class (Element s, Element d) => Prec s d | s -> d, d -> s where
+    double2FloatG :: Vector d -> Vector s
+    float2DoubleG :: Vector s -> Vector d
+
+instance Prec Float Double where
+    double2FloatG = double2FloatV
+    float2DoubleG = float2DoubleV
+
+instance Prec (Complex Float) (Complex Double) where
+    double2FloatG = asComplex . double2FloatV . asReal
+    float2DoubleG = asComplex . float2DoubleV . asReal
 
-instance Scalar Double
-instance Scalar Float
 
 class Container c where
-    toComplex   :: (Scalar e) => (c e, c e) -> c (Complex e)
-    fromComplex :: (Scalar e) => c (Complex e) -> (c e, c e)
-    comp        :: (Scalar e) => c e -> c (Complex e)
-    conj        :: (Scalar e) => c (Complex e) -> c (Complex e)
+    toComplex   :: (RealElement e) => (c e, c e) -> c (Complex e)
+    fromComplex :: (RealElement e) => c (Complex e) -> (c e, c e)
+    comp        :: (RealElement e) => c e -> c (Complex e)
+    conj        :: (RealElement e) => c (Complex e) -> c (Complex e)
     cmap        :: (Element a, Element b) => (a -> b) -> c a -> c b
+    single      :: Prec a b => c b -> c a
+    double      :: Prec a b => c a -> c b
 
 instance Container Vector where
     toComplex = toComplexV
@@ -486,6 +506,8 @@ instance Container Vector where
     comp v = toComplex (v,constantD 0 (dim v))
     conj = conjV
     cmap = mapVector
+    single = double2FloatG
+    double = float2DoubleG
 
 instance Container Matrix where
     toComplex = uncurry $ liftMatrix2 $ curry toComplex
@@ -494,6 +516,8 @@ instance Container Matrix where
     comp = liftMatrix comp
     conj = liftMatrix conj
     cmap f = liftMatrix (cmap f)
+    single = liftMatrix single
+    double = liftMatrix double
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -534,38 +558,40 @@ type instance ElementOf (Matrix a) = a
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-- | generic conversion functions
 class Convert t where
     real'    :: Container c => c (RealOf t) -> c t
     complex' :: Container c => c t -> c (ComplexOf t)
-    single   :: Container c => c t -> c (SingleOf t)
-    double   :: Container c => c t -> c (DoubleOf t)
+    single'  :: Container c => c t -> c (SingleOf t)
+    double'  :: Container c => c t -> c (DoubleOf t)
 
 instance Convert Double where
     real' = id
     complex' = comp
-    single = cmap double2Float
-    double = id
+    single' = single
+    double' = id
 
 instance Convert Float where
     real' = id
     complex' = comp
-    single = id
-    double = cmap float2Double
+    single' = id
+    double' = double
 
 instance Convert (Complex Double) where
     real' = comp
     complex' = id
-    single = toComplex . (single *** single) . fromComplex
-    double = id
+    single' = single
+    double' = id
 
 instance Convert (Complex Float) where
     real' = comp
     complex' = id
-    single = id
-    double = toComplex . (double *** double) . fromComplex
+    single' = id
+    double' = double
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-- | to be replaced by Convert
 class AutoReal t where
     real :: Container c => c Double -> c t
     complex :: Container c => c t -> c (Complex Double)
diff --git a/lib/Graphics/Plot.hs b/lib/Graphics/Plot.hs
index b2acc15..2dc0553 100644
--- a/lib/Graphics/Plot.hs
+++ b/lib/Graphics/Plot.hs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ module Graphics.Plot(
 ) where
 
 import Data.Packed
-import Numeric.LinearAlgebra(outer)
 import Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Linear
 import Data.List(intersperse)
 import System.Process (system)
diff --git a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Algorithms.hs b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Algorithms.hs
index f4b7ee9..8962c60 100644
--- a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Algorithms.hs
+++ b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Algorithms.hs
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ imported from "Numeric.LinearAlgebra.LAPACK".
 module Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Algorithms (
 -- * Supported types
     Field(),
--- * Products
-    multiply, -- dot, moved dot to typeclass
-    outer, kronecker,
 -- * Linear Systems
     linearSolve,
     luSolve,
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@ module Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Algorithms (
 -- * Norms
     Normed(..), NormType(..),
 -- * Misc
-    ctrans,
     eps, i,
 -- * Util
     haussholder,
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ import Data.List(foldl1')
 import Data.Array
 
 -- | Auxiliary typeclass used to define generic computations for both real and complex matrices.
-class (Normed (Matrix t), Linear Vector t, Linear Matrix t) => Field t where
+class (Prod t, Normed (Matrix t), Linear Vector t, Linear Matrix t) => Field t where
     svd'         :: Matrix t -> (Matrix t, Vector Double, Matrix t)
     thinSVD'     :: Matrix t -> (Matrix t, Vector Double, Matrix t)
     sv'          :: Matrix t -> Vector Double
@@ -105,8 +101,6 @@ class (Normed (Matrix t), Linear Vector t, Linear Matrix t) => Field t where
     qr'          :: Matrix t -> (Matrix t, Matrix t)
     hess'        :: Matrix t -> (Matrix t, Matrix t)
     schur'       :: Matrix t -> (Matrix t, Matrix t)
-    ctrans'      :: Matrix t -> Matrix t
-    multiply'    :: Matrix t -> Matrix t -> Matrix t
 
 
 instance Field Double where
@@ -119,7 +113,6 @@ instance Field Double where
     cholSolve' = cholSolveR
     linearSolveLS' = linearSolveLSR
     linearSolveSVD' = linearSolveSVDR Nothing
-    ctrans' = trans
     eig' = eigR
     eigSH'' = eigS
     eigOnly = eigOnlyR
@@ -129,7 +122,6 @@ instance Field Double where
     qr' = unpackQR . qrR
     hess' = unpackHess hessR
     schur' = schurR
-    multiply' = multiplyR
 
 instance Field (Complex Double) where
 #ifdef NOZGESDD
@@ -146,7 +138,6 @@ instance Field (Complex Double) where
     cholSolve' = cholSolveC
     linearSolveLS' = linearSolveLSC
     linearSolveSVD' = linearSolveSVDC Nothing
-    ctrans' = conj . trans
     eig' = eigC
     eigOnly = eigOnlyC
     eigSH'' = eigH
@@ -156,7 +147,6 @@ instance Field (Complex Double) where
     qr' = unpackQR . qrC
     hess' = unpackHess hessC
     schur' = schurC
-    multiply' = multiplyC
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -324,13 +314,6 @@ hess = hess'
 schur       :: Field t => Matrix t -> (Matrix t, Matrix t)
 schur = schur'
 
--- | Generic conjugate transpose.
-ctrans :: Field t => Matrix t -> Matrix t
-ctrans = ctrans'
-
--- | Matrix product.
-multiply :: Field t => Matrix t -> Matrix t -> Matrix t
-multiply = {-# SCC "multiply" #-} multiply'
 
 -- | Similar to 'cholSH', but instead of an error (e.g., caused by a matrix not positive definite) it returns 'Nothing'.
 mbCholSH :: Field t => Matrix t -> Maybe (Matrix t)
@@ -404,20 +387,6 @@ peps x = 2.0**(fromIntegral $ 1-floatDigits x)
 i :: Complex Double
 i = 0:+1
 
-
--- matrix product
-mXm :: (Num t, Field t) => Matrix t -> Matrix t -> Matrix t
-mXm = multiply
-
--- matrix - vector product
-mXv :: (Num t, Field t) => Matrix t -> Vector t -> Vector t
-mXv m v = flatten $ m `mXm` (asColumn v)
-
--- vector - matrix product
-vXm :: (Num t, Field t) => Vector t -> Matrix t -> Vector t
-vXm v m = flatten $ (asRow v) `mXm` m
-
-
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 norm2 :: Vector Double -> Double
@@ -723,51 +692,3 @@ luFact (l_u,perm) | r <= c    = (l ,u ,p, s)
     (|*|) = mul
 
 --------------------------------------------------
-
-{- moved to Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Interface Vector typeclass
--- | Euclidean inner product.
-dot :: (Field t) => Vector t -> Vector t -> t
-dot u v = multiply r c  @@> (0,0)
-    where r = asRow u
-          c = asColumn v
--}
-
-{- | Outer product of two vectors.
-
-@\> 'fromList' [1,2,3] \`outer\` 'fromList' [5,2,3]
-(3><3)
- [  5.0, 2.0, 3.0
- , 10.0, 4.0, 6.0
- , 15.0, 6.0, 9.0 ]@
--}
-outer :: (Field t) => Vector t -> Vector t -> Matrix t
-outer u v = asColumn u `multiply` asRow v
-
-{- | Kronecker product of two matrices.
-
-@m1=(2><3)
- [ 1.0,  2.0, 0.0
- , 0.0, -1.0, 3.0 ]
-m2=(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 ]@
-
-@\> kronecker m1 m2
-(8><9)
- [  1.0,  2.0,  3.0,   2.0,   4.0,   6.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
- ,  4.0,  5.0,  6.0,   8.0,  10.0,  12.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
- ,  7.0,  8.0,  9.0,  14.0,  16.0,  18.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
- , 10.0, 11.0, 12.0,  20.0,  22.0,  24.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
- ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  -1.0,  -2.0,  -3.0,  3.0,  6.0,  9.0
- ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  -4.0,  -5.0,  -6.0, 12.0, 15.0, 18.0
- ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  -7.0,  -8.0,  -9.0, 21.0, 24.0, 27.0
- ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0, -10.0, -11.0, -12.0, 30.0, 33.0, 36.0 ]@
--}
-kronecker :: (Field t) => Matrix t -> Matrix t -> Matrix t
-kronecker a b = fromBlocks
-              . splitEvery (cols a)
-              . map (reshape (cols b))
-              . toRows
-              $ flatten a `outer` flatten b
diff --git a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Interface.hs b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Interface.hs
index f8917a0..6df782f 100644
--- a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Interface.hs
+++ b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Interface.hs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Linear
 class Mul a b c | a b -> c where
  infixl 7 <>
  -- | Matrix-matrix, matrix-vector, and vector-matrix products.
- (<>) :: Field t => a t -> b t -> c t
+ (<>) :: Prod t => a t -> b t -> c t
 
 instance Mul Matrix Matrix Matrix where
     (<>) = multiply
diff --git a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK.hs b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK.hs
index 7f057ba..eec3035 100644
--- a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK.hs
+++ b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 module Numeric.LinearAlgebra.LAPACK (
     -- * Matrix product
-    multiplyR, multiplyC,
+    multiplyR, multiplyC, multiplyF, multiplyQ,
     -- * Linear systems
     linearSolveR, linearSolveC,
     lusR, lusC,
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ import Control.Monad(when)
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-foreign import ccall "LAPACK/lapack-aux.h multiplyR" dgemmc :: CInt -> CInt -> TMMM
-foreign import ccall "LAPACK/lapack-aux.h multiplyC" zgemmc :: CInt -> CInt -> TCMCMCM
+foreign import ccall "multiplyR" dgemmc :: CInt -> CInt -> TMMM
+foreign import ccall "multiplyC" zgemmc :: CInt -> CInt -> TCMCMCM
+foreign import ccall "multiplyF" sgemmc :: CInt -> CInt -> TFMFMFM
+foreign import ccall "multiplyQ" cgemmc :: CInt -> CInt -> TQMQMQM
 
 isT MF{} = 0
 isT MC{} = 1
@@ -69,12 +71,20 @@ multiplyAux f st a b = unsafePerformIO $ do
 
 -- | Matrix product based on BLAS's /dgemm/.
 multiplyR :: Matrix Double -> Matrix Double -> Matrix Double
-multiplyR a b = multiplyAux dgemmc "dgemmc" a b
+multiplyR a b = {-# SCC "multiplyR" #-} multiplyAux dgemmc "dgemmc" a b
 
 -- | Matrix product based on BLAS's /zgemm/.
 multiplyC :: Matrix (Complex Double) -> Matrix (Complex Double) -> Matrix (Complex Double)
 multiplyC a b = multiplyAux zgemmc "zgemmc" a b
 
+-- | Matrix product based on BLAS's /sgemm/.
+multiplyF :: Matrix Float -> Matrix Float -> Matrix Float
+multiplyF a b = multiplyAux sgemmc "sgemmc" a b
+
+-- | Matrix product based on BLAS's /cgemm/.
+multiplyQ :: Matrix (Complex Float) -> Matrix (Complex Float) -> Matrix (Complex Float)
+multiplyQ a b = multiplyAux cgemmc "cgemmc" a b
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 foreign import ccall "svd_l_R" dgesvd :: TMMVM
 foreign import ccall "svd_l_C" zgesvd :: TCMCMVCM
diff --git a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK/lapack-aux.c b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK/lapack-aux.c
index 7a40991..9e44431 100644
--- a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK/lapack-aux.c
+++ b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/LAPACK/lapack-aux.c
@@ -11,15 +11,25 @@
 
 #define MIN(A,B) ((A)<(B)?(A):(B))
 #define MAX(A,B) ((A)>(B)?(A):(B))
- 
+
+// #define DBGL
+
 #ifdef DBGL
-#define DEBUGMSG(M) printf("LAPACK Wrapper "M"\n: "); size_t t0 = time(NULL);
-#define OK MACRO(printf("%ld s\n",time(0)-t0); return 0;);
+#define DEBUGMSG(M) printf("\nLAPACK "M"\n");
 #else
 #define DEBUGMSG(M)
-#define OK return 0;
 #endif
 
+#define OK return 0;
+
+// #ifdef DBGL
+// #define DEBUGMSG(M) printf("LAPACK Wrapper "M"\n: "); size_t t0 = time(NULL);
+// #define OK MACRO(printf("%ld s\n",time(0)-t0); return 0;);
+// #else
+// #define DEBUGMSG(M)
+// #define OK return 0;
+// #endif
+
 #define TRACEMAT(M) {int q; printf(" %d x %d: ",M##r,M##c); \
                      for(q=0;q<M##r*M##c;q++) printf("%.1f ",M##p[q]); printf("\n");}
 
@@ -1004,6 +1014,7 @@ void dgemm_(char *, char *, integer *, integer *, integer *,
 
 int multiplyR(int ta, int tb, KDMAT(a),KDMAT(b),DMAT(r)) {
     //REQUIRES(ac==br && ar==rr && bc==rc,BAD_SIZE);
+    DEBUGMSG("dgemm_");
     integer m = ta?ac:ar;
     integer n = tb?br:bc;
     integer k = ta?ar:ac;
@@ -1022,6 +1033,7 @@ void zgemm_(char *, char *, integer *, integer *, integer *,
 
 int multiplyC(int ta, int tb, KCMAT(a),KCMAT(b),CMAT(r)) {
     //REQUIRES(ac==br && ar==rr && bc==rc,BAD_SIZE);
+    DEBUGMSG("zgemm_");
     integer m = ta?ac:ar;
     integer n = tb?br:bc;
     integer k = ta?ar:ac;
@@ -1037,6 +1049,47 @@ int multiplyC(int ta, int tb, KCMAT(a),KCMAT(b),CMAT(r)) {
     OK
 }
 
+void sgemm_(char *, char *, integer *, integer *, integer *,
+            float *, const float *, integer *, const float *,
+           integer *, float *, float *, integer *);
+
+int multiplyF(int ta, int tb, KFMAT(a),KFMAT(b),FMAT(r)) {
+    //REQUIRES(ac==br && ar==rr && bc==rc,BAD_SIZE);
+    DEBUGMSG("sgemm_");
+    integer m = ta?ac:ar;
+    integer n = tb?br:bc;
+    integer k = ta?ar:ac;
+    integer lda = ar;
+    integer ldb = br;
+    integer ldc = rr;
+    float alpha = 1;
+    float beta = 0;
+    sgemm_(ta?"T":"N",tb?"T":"N",&m,&n,&k,&alpha,ap,&lda,bp,&ldb,&beta,rp,&ldc);
+    OK
+}
+
+void cgemm_(char *, char *, integer *, integer *, integer *,
+           complex *, const complex *, integer *, const complex *,
+           integer *, complex *, complex *, integer *);
+
+int multiplyQ(int ta, int tb, KQMAT(a),KQMAT(b),QMAT(r)) {
+    //REQUIRES(ac==br && ar==rr && bc==rc,BAD_SIZE);
+    DEBUGMSG("cgemm_");
+    integer m = ta?ac:ar;
+    integer n = tb?br:bc;
+    integer k = ta?ar:ac;
+    integer lda = ar;
+    integer ldb = br;
+    integer ldc = rr;
+    complex alpha = {1,0};
+    complex beta = {0,0};
+    cgemm_(ta?"T":"N",tb?"T":"N",&m,&n,&k,&alpha,
+           (complex*)ap,&lda,
+           (complex*)bp,&ldb,&beta,
+           (complex*)rp,&ldc);
+    OK
+}
+
 //////////////////// transpose /////////////////////////
 
 int transF(KFMAT(x),FMAT(t)) {
@@ -1128,3 +1181,23 @@ int constantC(doublecomplex* pval, CVEC(r)) {
     }
     OK
 }
+
+//////////////////// float-double conversion /////////////////////////
+
+int float2double(FVEC(x),DVEC(y)) {
+    DEBUGMSG("float2double")
+    int k;
+    for(k=0;k<xn;k++) {
+        yp[k]=xp[k];
+    }
+    OK
+}
+
+int double2float(DVEC(x),FVEC(y)) {
+    DEBUGMSG("double2float")
+    int k;
+    for(k=0;k<xn;k++) {
+        yp[k]=xp[k];
+    }
+    OK
+}
diff --git a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Linear.hs b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Linear.hs
index 51e93fb..ae48245 100644
--- a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Linear.hs
+++ b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Linear.hs
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ module Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Linear (
     -- * Linear Algebra Typeclasses
     Vectors(..),
     Linear(..),
+    -- * Products
+    Prod(..),
+    mXm,mXv,vXm, mulH,
+    outer, kronecker,
     -- * Creation of numeric vectors
     constant, linspace
 ) where
 
-import Data.Packed.Internal.Vector
-import Data.Packed.Internal.Matrix
+import Data.Packed.Internal
 import Data.Packed.Matrix
 import Data.Complex
 import Numeric.GSL.Vector
+import Numeric.LinearAlgebra.LAPACK(multiplyR,multiplyC,multiplyF,multiplyQ)
 
 import Control.Monad(ap)
 
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ instance Vectors Vector (Complex Double) where
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
 -- | Basic element-by-element functions.
-class (Element e, AutoReal e, Convert e, Container c) => Linear c e where
+class (Element e, AutoReal e, Container c) => Linear c e where
     -- | create a structure with a single element
     scalar      :: e -> c e
     scale       :: e -> c e -> c e
@@ -184,3 +188,83 @@ linspace :: (Enum e, Linear Vector e) => Int -> (e, e) -> Vector e
 linspace n (a,b) = addConstant a $ scale s $ fromList [0 .. fromIntegral n-1]
     where s = (b-a)/fromIntegral (n-1)
 
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+-- reference multiply
+mulH a b = fromLists [[ doth ai bj | bj <- toColumns b] | ai <- toRows a ]
+    where doth u v = sum $ zipWith (*) (toList u) (toList v)
+
+class Element t => Prod t where
+    multiply :: Matrix t -> Matrix t -> Matrix t
+    multiply = mulH
+    ctrans :: Matrix t -> Matrix t
+
+instance Prod Double where
+    multiply = multiplyR
+    ctrans = trans
+
+instance Prod (Complex Double) where
+    multiply = multiplyC
+    ctrans = conj . trans
+
+instance Prod Float where
+    multiply = multiplyF
+    ctrans = trans
+
+instance Prod (Complex Float) where
+    multiply = multiplyQ
+    ctrans = conj . trans
+
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- synonym for matrix product
+mXm :: Prod t => Matrix t -> Matrix t -> Matrix t
+mXm = multiply
+
+-- matrix - vector product
+mXv :: Prod t => Matrix t -> Vector t -> Vector t
+mXv m v = flatten $ m `mXm` (asColumn v)
+
+-- vector - matrix product
+vXm :: Prod t => Vector t -> Matrix t -> Vector t
+vXm v m = flatten $ (asRow v) `mXm` m
+
+{- | Outer product of two vectors.
+
+@\> 'fromList' [1,2,3] \`outer\` 'fromList' [5,2,3]
+(3><3)
+ [  5.0, 2.0, 3.0
+ , 10.0, 4.0, 6.0
+ , 15.0, 6.0, 9.0 ]@
+-}
+outer :: (Prod t) => Vector t -> Vector t -> Matrix t
+outer u v = asColumn u `multiply` asRow v
+
+{- | Kronecker product of two matrices.
+
+@m1=(2><3)
+ [ 1.0,  2.0, 0.0
+ , 0.0, -1.0, 3.0 ]
+m2=(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 ]@
+
+@\> kronecker m1 m2
+(8><9)
+ [  1.0,  2.0,  3.0,   2.0,   4.0,   6.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
+ ,  4.0,  5.0,  6.0,   8.0,  10.0,  12.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
+ ,  7.0,  8.0,  9.0,  14.0,  16.0,  18.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
+ , 10.0, 11.0, 12.0,  20.0,  22.0,  24.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0
+ ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  -1.0,  -2.0,  -3.0,  3.0,  6.0,  9.0
+ ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  -4.0,  -5.0,  -6.0, 12.0, 15.0, 18.0
+ ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  -7.0,  -8.0,  -9.0, 21.0, 24.0, 27.0
+ ,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0, -10.0, -11.0, -12.0, 30.0, 33.0, 36.0 ]@
+-}
+kronecker :: (Prod t) => Matrix t -> Matrix t -> Matrix t
+kronecker a b = fromBlocks
+              . splitEvery (cols a)
+              . map (reshape (cols b))
+              . toRows
+              $ flatten a `outer` flatten b
diff --git a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests.hs b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests.hs
index e3b6e1f..91f6742 100644
--- a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests.hs
+++ b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests.hs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import qualified Prelude
 import System.CPUTime
 import Text.Printf
 import Data.Packed.Development(unsafeFromForeignPtr,unsafeToForeignPtr)
+import Control.Arrow((***))
 
 #include "Tests/quickCheckCompat.h"
 
@@ -224,11 +225,16 @@ runTests :: Int  -- ^ maximum dimension
 runTests n = do
     setErrorHandlerOff
     let test p = qCheck n p
-    putStrLn "------ mult"
-    test (multProp1  . rConsist)
-    test (multProp1  . cConsist)
-    test (multProp2  . rConsist)
-    test (multProp2  . cConsist)
+    putStrLn "------ mult Double"
+    test (multProp1 10 . rConsist)
+    test (multProp1 10 . cConsist)
+    test (multProp2 10 . rConsist)
+    test (multProp2 10 . cConsist)
+    putStrLn "------ mult Float"
+    test (multProp1  6 . (single *** single) . rConsist)
+    test (multProp1  6 . (single *** single) . cConsist)
+    test (multProp2  6 . (single *** single) . rConsist)
+    test (multProp2  6 . (single *** single) . cConsist)
     putStrLn "------ sub-trans"
     test (subProp . rM)
     test (subProp . cM)
diff --git a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests/Properties.hs b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests/Properties.hs
index d29e19a..f7a948e 100644
--- a/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests/Properties.hs
+++ b/lib/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Tests/Properties.hs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Tests.Properties (
     linearSolveProp, linearSolveProp2
 ) where
 
-import Numeric.LinearAlgebra
+import Numeric.LinearAlgebra hiding (mulH)
 import Numeric.LinearAlgebra.LAPACK
 import Debug.Trace
 #include "quickCheckCompat.h"
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ expmDiagProp m = expm (logm m) :~ 7 ~: complex m
 mulH a b = fromLists [[ doth ai bj | bj <- toColumns b] | ai <- toRows a ]
     where doth u v = sum $ zipWith (*) (toList u) (toList v)
 
-multProp1 (a,b) = a <> b |~| mulH a b
+multProp1 p (a,b) = (a <> b) :~p~: (mulH a b)
 
-multProp2 (a,b) = ctrans (a <> b) |~| ctrans b <> ctrans a
+multProp2 p (a,b) = (ctrans (a <> b)) :~p~: (ctrans b <> ctrans a)
 
 linearSolveProp f m = f m m |~| ident (rows m)