## RcppEigen: R and Eigen via Rcpp [](https://github.com/RcppCore/RcppEigen/actions?query=workflow%3Aci) [](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) [](https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/) [](https://cran.r-project.org/package=RcppEigen) [](https://cran.r-project.org/package=RcppEigen) [](https://codecov.io/github/RcppCore/RcppEigen?branch=master) [](https://packages.debian.org/sid/r-cran-rcppeigen) [](https://github.com/RcppCore/RcppEigen) [](https://www.r-pkg.org:443/pkg/RcppEigen) [](https://www.r-pkg.org:443/pkg/RcppEigen) [](https://cran.r-project.org/package=RcppEigen) [](https://cran.r-project.org/package=RcppEigen) [](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rcpp) [](https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v052.i05) ### Synopsis [Eigen](http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page) is a C++ template library for linear algebra: matrices, vectors, numerical solvers and related algorithms. It supports dense and sparse matrices on integer, floating point and complex numbers, decompositions of such matrices, and solutions of linear systems. Its performance on many algorithms is comparable with some of the best implementations based on `Lapack` and level-3 `BLAS`. RcppEigen provides an interface from R to and from [Eigen](http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page) by using the facilities offered by the [Rcpp](http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rcpp.html) package for seamless R and C++ integration. ### Examples A few examples are over at the [Rcpp Gallery](https://gallery.rcpp.org/tags/eigen/). A simple one is ```c++ #include // [[Rcpp::depends(RcppEigen)]] using Eigen::Map; // 'maps' rather than copies using Eigen::MatrixXd; // variable size matrix, double precision using Eigen::VectorXd; // variable size vector, double precision using Eigen::SelfAdjointEigenSolver; // one of the eigenvalue solvers // [[Rcpp::export]] VectorXd getEigenValues(Map M) { SelfAdjointEigenSolver es(M); return es.eigenvalues(); } ``` which can be turned into a function callable from R via a simple ``` sourceCpp("eigenExample.cpp") ``` due to the two Rcpp directives to use headers from the RcppEigen package, and to export the `getEigenValues()` function -- but read [the full post](https://gallery.rcpp.org/articles/eigen-eigenvalues/) for details. ### Status The package is mature and under active development, following the [Eigen](http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page) release cycle. ### Documentation The package contains a pdf vignette which is a pre-print of the [paper by Bates and Eddelbuettel](https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v052.i05) in JSS (2013, v52i05). ### Authors Douglas Bates, Dirk Eddelbuettel, Romain Francois, and Yixuan Qiu ### License GPL (>= 2)