Could someone please tell me how Sparse Matrix structure is different from a List? I know that Sparse Metrics have most of its entries zeros. But what is the difference between them?

Thanks.

>Could someone please tell me how Sparse Matrix structure is different from a List?
A sparse matrix is like a two dimensional list that doesn't waste space on empty cells.

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