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SVD(..., DivideConquer => ...) -- Use the lapack divide and conquer SVD algorithm

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Description

For large matrices, this algorithm is often much faster.
i1 : M = random(RR^200, RR^200);

                200          200
o1 : Matrix RR      <--- RR
              53           53
i2 : time SVD(M);
     -- used 0.363887 seconds
i3 : time SVD(M, DivideConquer=>true);
     -- used 0.321512 seconds

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