Merge branch 'master' into kshitij/feature/qr_solve #1332

Job	Run time
macos-latest: clang++ Release Pthreads	14m 42s
macos-latest: clang++ Release PaRSEC	12m 19s
macos-latest: clang++ Debug Pthreads	13m 31s
macos-latest: clang++ Debug PaRSEC	13m 4s
ubuntu-24.04: /usr/bin/g++-14 Release Pthreads	23m 43s
ubuntu-24.04: /usr/bin/g++-14 Release PaRSEC	21m 4s
ubuntu-24.04: /usr/bin/g++-14 Debug Pthreads	20m 7s
ubuntu-24.04: /usr/bin/g++-14 Debug PaRSEC	21m 6s
	2h 19m 36s

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