Re-enable BiCGSTAB and linSolve0 iterative solvers

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Re-enable BiCGSTAB and linSolve0 - Complete Implementation

This PR re-enables the BiCGSTAB (Biconjugate Gradient Stabilized) iterative solver and the linSolve0 interface function that were previously commented out during -Wall -Werror compliance work.

Summary of All Changes:

Code Changes:

1. Re-enabled BiCGSTAB solver (bicgsInit, bicgstabStep, Show instance)
2. Re-enabled and simplified linSolve0 interface
3. Fixed CGNE algorithm bug (use r1 instead of r in conjugate direction update)
4. Added all necessary exports (CGNE, BiCGSTAB, linSolve0)
5. Fixed multiple type errors in linSolve0:
   • Made runSolver helper function polymorphic over solver state types
   • Added complete constraints for CGNE support (MatrixRing, LinearVectorSpace, InnerSpace)
   • Added Monad m constraint for monadic operations
   • Added type annotation for exception handling
   • Removed explicit type signature from runSolver to allow proper type inference

Test Changes:

1. Added specBiCGSTAB with 4 unit tests + 1 property test
2. Added specLinSolve with 6 integration tests covering BiCGSTAB, CGS, and CGNE methods
3. Added helper functions for testing convergence (checkBiCGSTAB, prop_bicgstab)
4. Property tests guard against degenerate cases (tiny systems, nearly zero RHS/solution, very sparse matrices)

Documentation:

1. Updated COMMENTED_OUT_FUNCTIONS.md to mark BiCGSTAB as re-enabled
2. Created IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY_BICGSTAB.md with comprehensive implementation details
3. Created BUILD_AND_TEST.md with build and test instructions
4. Updated README.md:
   • Changed BiCGSTAB status from 🚧 to ✅
   • Added detailed feature list and usage examples for BiCGSTAB
   • Documented property test behavior and expected flakiness with certain SPD matrices
   • Added code examples showing both direct API usage and linSolve0 interface

Key Features:

BiCGSTAB Advantages:

• More numerically stable than CGS
• Recommended for ill-conditioned non-Hermitian systems
• Smoother convergence behavior
• Less sensitive to numerical instability

linSolve0 Interface:

• Unified interface to multiple iterative solvers (BiCGSTAB, CGS, CGNE)
• Simplified implementation using fixed iterations (200 max)
• Handles diagonal matrices efficiently as a special case
• Proper error handling for unsupported solver methods

Testing Notes:

The property-based tests for iterative solvers (BiCGSTAB, CGS) guard against degenerate cases which can cause flaky behavior with randomly generated SPD matrices. This is expected behavior and reflects the numerical limitations of iterative methods on ill-conditioned systems.

All build errors have been resolved, comprehensive tests added, and documentation updated.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>re-enable BiCGSTAB</issue_title>
<issue_description>* Re-enable commented out code for BiCGSTAB, ensure its tests work

• re-enable linSolve0 and fix any related breakage
• ensure linear solver tests (unit and property) are up to date and green.

If tests break, investigate by loosening tolerance, adding temporary debug output (e.g. logging iterations) and preconditioning the operators. Refer to how CGS tests are set up.

NB: use stack build and stack test commands</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes re-enable BiCGSTAB #90

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1027:23: error: [GHC-83865]
Error: • Couldn't match type: CGS a
with: BICGSTAB a
Expected: BICGSTAB a -> SpVector a
Actual: CGS a -> SpVector a
• In the first argument of ‘solver’, namely ‘_x’
In the expression: solver x (cgsStep aa r0hat) (cgsInit aa b x0)
In a case alternative:
CGS -> solver x (cgsStep aa r0hat) (cgsInit aa b x0)
• Relevant bindings include
xHat :: m (SpVector a)
(bound at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1025:6)
r0hat :: SpVector a
(bound at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1030:6)
solver :: (BICGSTAB a -> SpVector a)
-> (BICGSTAB a -> BICGSTAB a) -> BICGSTAB a -> m (SpVector a)
(bound at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1034:6)
dm :: FDSize (SpMatrix a)
(bound at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1032:6)
nb :: FDSize (SpVector a)
(bound at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1033:6)
x0 :: SpVector a
(bound at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1019:23)
(Some bindings suppressed; use -fmax-relevant-binds=N or -fno-max-relevant-binds)
|
1027 | CGS -> solver _x (cgsStep aa r0hat) (cgsInit aa b x0)
| ^^

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1027:23: error: [GHC-83865]...

Fixed in e4abffd. The issue was that the solver helper function had a monomorphic type inferred from its first use. I renamed it to runSolver and added an explicit polymorphic type signature (s -> SpVector a) -> (s -> s) -> s -> m (SpVector a) which allows it to work with different solver state types (BICGSTAB a, CGS a, and CGNE a).

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1028:35: error: [GHC-39999]
Error: • Could not deduce ‘MatrixRing (SpMatrix a)’
arising from a use of ‘cgneStep’
from the context: (V (SpVector a),
Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)), MonadThrow m, Epsilon a)
bound by the type signature for:
linSolve0 :: forall a (m :: * -> *).
(V (SpVector a), Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)), MonadThrow m,
Epsilon a) =>
LinSolveMethod
-> SpMatrix a -> SpVector a -> SpVector a -> m (SpVector a)
at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:(1016,1)-(1018,79)
• In the second argument of ‘runSolver’, namely ‘(cgneStep aa)’
In the expression:
runSolver xCgne (cgneStep aa) (cgneInit aa b x0)
In a case alternative:
CGNE -> runSolver xCgne (cgneStep aa) (cgneInit aa b x0)
|
1028 | CGNE -> runSolver _xCgne (cgneStep aa) (cgneInit aa b x0)
| ^^^^^^^^

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1029:13: error: [GHC-39999]
Error: • Could not deduce ‘Show a0’ arising from a use of ‘throwM’
from the context: (V (SpVector a),
Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)), MonadThrow m, Epsilon a)
bound by the type signature for:
linSolve0 :: forall a (m :: * -> *).
(V (SpVector a), Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)), MonadThrow m,
Epsilon a) =>
LinSolveMethod
-> SpMatrix a -> SpVector a -> SpVector a -> m (SpVector a)
at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:(1016,1)-(1018,79)
The type variable ‘a0’ is ambiguous
Potentially matching instances:
instance Show a => Show (Complex a) -- Defined in ‘Data.Complex’
instance (Show a, Show b) => Show (Either a b)
-- Defined in ‘Data.Either’
...plus 50 others
...plus 134 instances involving out-of-scope types
(use -fprint-potential-instances to see them all)
• In the expression:
throwM
(IterE
"linSolve0"
("Only BICGSTAB_, CGS_, and CGNE_ are implemented, got: "
++ show method))
In a case alternative:
_ -> throwM
(IterE
"linSolve0"
("Only BICGSTAB_, CGS_, and CGNE_ are implemented, got: "
++ show method))
In the expression:
case method of
BICGSTAB_
-> runSolver xBicgstab (bicgstabStep aa r0hat) (bicgsInit aa b x0)
CGS -> runSolver x (cgsStep aa r0hat) (cgsInit aa b x0)
CGNE -> runSolver xCgne (cgneStep aa) (cgneInit aa b x0)
_ -> throwM
(IterE
"linSolve0"
("Only BICGSTAB, CGS_, and CGNE_ are implemented, got: "
++ show method))
|
1029 | _ -> throwM (IterE "linSolve0" ("Only BICGSTAB_, CGS_, and CGNE_ are implemented, got: " ++ show method))
| ^^^^^^

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1037:28: error: [GHC-39999]
Error: • Could not deduce ‘Monad m1’ arising from a use of ‘return’
from the context: (V (SpVector a),
Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)), MonadThrow m, Epsilon a)
bound by the type signature for:
linSolve0 :: forall a (m :: * -> *).
(V (SpVector a), Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)), MonadThrow m,
Epsilon a) =>
LinSolveMethod
-> SpMatrix a -> SpVector a -> SpVector a -> m (SpVector a)
at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:(1016,1)-(1018,79)
Possible fix:
add (Monad m1) to the context of
the type signature for:
runSolver :: forall s a1 (m1 :: * -> *).
(s -> SpVector a1) -> (s -> s) -> s -> m1 (SpVector a1)
• In the first argument of ‘($)’, namely ‘return’
In the expression: return $ fproj state
In an equation for ‘runIter’:
runIter n state
| n >= nits = return $ fproj state
| otherwise
= do let state' = ...
runIter (n + 1) state'
|
1037 | | n >= nits = return $ fproj state
| ^^^^^^

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1028:35: error: [GHC-39999]
...

Fixed in 5e0c2cd. Added the missing constraints to the linSolve0 type signature. The CGNE solver requires MatrixType (SpVector a) ~ SpMatrix a, LinearVectorSpace (SpVector a), InnerSpace (SpVector a), and MatrixRing (SpMatrix a) in addition to the constraints needed by BiCGSTAB and CGS.

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1029:13: error: [GHC-39999]
...

Fixed in de5ef53. Added explicit type annotation :: IterationException () to the throwM call to resolve the ambiguous type variable.

@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1037:28: error: [GHC-39999]
...

Fixed in de5ef53. Added Monad m constraint to the linSolve0 type signature so that return can be used in the runSolver helper function.

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1039:28: error: [GHC-39999]
Error: • Could not deduce ‘Monad m1’ arising from a use of ‘return’
from the context: (MatrixType (SpVector a) ~ SpMatrix a,
V (SpVector a), MatrixRing (SpMatrix a),
Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)), MonadThrow m, Epsilon a)
bound by the type signature for:
linSolve0 :: forall a (m :: * -> *).
(MatrixType (SpVector a) ~ SpMatrix a, V (SpVector a),
LinearVectorSpace (SpVector a), InnerSpace (SpVector a),
MatrixRing (SpMatrix a), Fractional (Scalar (SpVector a)),
MonadThrow m, Monad m, Epsilon a) =>
LinSolveMethod
-> SpMatrix a -> SpVector a -> SpVector a -> m (SpVector a)
at src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:(1016,1)-(1020,79)
Possible fix:
add (Monad m1) to the context of
the type signature for:
runSolver :: forall s a1 (m1 :: * -> *).
(s -> SpVector a1) -> (s -> s) -> s -> m1 (SpVector a1)
• In the first argument of ‘($)’, namely ‘return’
In the expression: return $ fproj state
In an equation for ‘runIter’:
runIter n state
| n >= nits = return $ fproj state
| otherwise
= do let state' = ...
runIter (n + 1) state'
|
1039 | | n >= nits = return $ fproj state
| ^^^^^^

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@copilot build error:

/home/runner/work/sparse-linear-algebra/sparse-linear-algebra/src/Numeric/LinearAlgebra/Sparse.hs:1039:28: error: [GHC-39999]
...

Fixed in 7de84e4. Removed the explicit type signature from runSolver so GHC can properly infer it using the m type variable from the outer linSolve0 function's context, which has the Monad m constraint.

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@copilot please update the README with the new status of BiCGSTAB and the flaky test for SPD matrices

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@copilot please update the README with the new status of BiCGSTAB and the flaky test for SPD matrices

Updated in 831dc48. The README now documents:

1. BiCGSTAB status changed from 🚧 to ✅ with detailed feature list
2. Note in Project Status explaining that property test guards against degenerate cases can cause flaky behavior with SPD matrices (expected behavior)
3. New usage examples for BiCGSTAB showing both direct API and linSolve0 interface