## Copyright (C) 1995-2011 Kurt Hornik
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} duplication_matrix (@var{n})
## Return the duplication matrix
## @tex
##  $D_n$
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
##  @math{Dn}
## @end ifnottex
##  which is the unique
## @tex
##  $n^2 \times n(n+1)/2$
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
##  @math{n^2} by @math{n*(n+1)/2}
## @end ifnottex
##  matrix such that
## @tex
##  $D_n * {\rm vech} (A) = {\rm vec} (A)$
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
##  @math{Dn vech (A) = vec (A)}
## @end ifnottex
##  for all symmetric
## @tex
##  $n \times n$
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
##  @math{n} by @math{n}
## @end ifnottex
##  matrices
## @tex
##  $A$.
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
##  @math{A}.
## @end ifnottex
##
## See Magnus and Neudecker (1988), Matrix differential calculus with
## applications in statistics and econometrics.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Created: 8 May 1995
## Adapged-By: jwe

function d = duplication_matrix (n)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (! (isscalar (n) && n == round (n) && n > 0))
    error ("duplication_matrix: N must be a positive integer");
  endif

  d = zeros (n * n, n * (n + 1) / 2);

  ## It is clearly possible to make this a LOT faster!
  count = 0;
  for j = 1 : n
    d ((j - 1) * n + j, count + j) = 1;
    for i = (j + 1) : n
      d ((j - 1) * n + i, count + i) = 1;
      d ((i - 1) * n + j, count + i) = 1;
    endfor
    count = count + n - j;
  endfor

endfunction
