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# MATNORMAL
a matrix that behaves like A'*A for `MatMult()` while only containing A 


## See Also
 [](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `MatCreateNormal()`, `MatMult()`, `MatNormalGetMat()`, `MATNORMALHERMITIAN`, `MatCreateNormalHermitian()`

## Level
intermediate

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/impls/normal/normm.c.html#MATNORMAL">src/mat/impls/normal/normm.c</A>


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