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+## Copyright (C) 1993-2012 John W. Eaton
+## Copyright (C) 2009 VZLU Prague
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} toeplitz (@var{c})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} toeplitz (@var{c}, @var{r})
+## Return the Toeplitz matrix constructed from the first column @var{c},
+## and (optionally) the first row @var{r}. If the first element of @var{r}
+## is not the same as the first element of @var{c}, the first element of
+## @var{c} is used. If the second argument is omitted, the first row is
+## taken to be the same as the first column.
+##
+## A square Toeplitz matrix has the form:
+## @tex
+## $$
+## \left[\matrix{c_0 & r_1 & r_2 & \cdots & r_n\cr
+## c_1 & c_0 & r_1 & \cdots & r_{n-1}\cr
+## c_2 & c_1 & c_0 & \cdots & r_{n-2}\cr
+## \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots\cr
+## c_n & c_{n-1} & c_{n-2} & \ldots & c_0}\right]
+## $$
+## @end tex
+## @ifnottex
+##
+## @example
+## @group
+## c(0) r(1) r(2) @dots{} r(n)
+## c(1) c(0) r(1) @dots{} r(n-1)
+## c(2) c(1) c(0) @dots{} r(n-2)
+## . . . . .
+## . . . . .
+## . . . . .
+## c(n) c(n-1) c(n-2) @dots{} c(0)
+## @end group
+## @end example
+##
+## @end ifnottex
+## @seealso{hankel}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: jwe && jh
+
+function retval = toeplitz (c, r)
+
+ if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 1)
+ if (! isvector (c))
+ error ("toeplitz: C must be a vector");
+ endif
+
+ r = c;
+ nr = length (c);
+ nc = nr;
+ else
+ if (! (isvector (c) && isvector (r)))
+ error ("toeplitz: C and R must be vectors");
+ elseif (r(1) != c(1))
+ warning ("toeplitz: column wins anti-diagonal conflict");
+ endif
+
+ nr = length (c);
+ nc = length (r);
+ endif
+
+ if (nr == 0 || nc == 0)
+ ## Empty matrix.
+ retval = zeros (nr, nc, class (c));
+ return;
+ endif
+
+ ## If we have a single complex argument, we want to return a
+ ## Hermitian-symmetric matrix (actually, this will really only be
+ ## Hermitian-symmetric if the first element of the vector is real).
+ if (nargin == 1 && iscomplex (c))
+ c = conj (c);
+ c(1) = conj (c(1));
+ endif
+
+ if (issparse (c) && issparse (r))
+ c = c(:).'; ## enforce row vector
+ r = r(:).'; ## enforce row vector
+ cidx = find (c);
+ ridx = find (r);
+
+ ## Ignore the first element in r.
+ ridx = ridx(ridx > 1);
+
+ ## Form matrix.
+ retval = spdiags(repmat (c(cidx),nr,1),1-cidx,nr,nc) + ...
+ spdiags(repmat (r(ridx),nr,1),ridx-1,nr,nc);
+ else
+ ## Concatenate data into a single column vector.
+ data = [r(end:-1:2)(:); c(:)];
+
+ ## Get slices.
+ slices = cellslices (data, nc:-1:1, nc+nr-1:-1:nr);
+
+ ## Form matrix.
+ retval = horzcat (slices{:});
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!assert (toeplitz (1), [1])
+%!assert (toeplitz ([1, 2, 3], [1; -3; -5]), [1, -3, -5; 2, 1, -3; 3, 2, 1])
+%!assert (toeplitz ([1, 2, 3], [1; -3i; -5i]), [1, -3i, -5i; 2, 1, -3i; 3, 2, 1])
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error toeplitz ()
+%!error toeplitz (1, 2, 3)
+%!error <C must be a vector> toeplitz ([1, 2; 3, 4])
+%!error <C and R must be vectors> toeplitz ([1, 2; 3, 4], 1)
+%!error <C and R must be vectors> toeplitz (1, [1, 2; 3, 4])
+