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Table 1 Examples of matrix size based on the Stoeckel-Masson model. Memory use is approximate and assumes 64-bit accuracy

From: Interpretation and approximation tools for big, dense Markov chain transition matrices in population genetics

N

\(\mathcal {P}\)

\(\mathcal {L}\)

\(\mathcal {A}\)

g

|S|

Memory use

20

2

1

2

3

231

420 KB

100

2

1

2

3

5151

205 MB

500

2

1

2

3

125,751

120 GB

1000

2

1

2

3

501,501

2 TB

20

4

1

2

5

10,626

865 MB

20

2

2

2

9

3,108,105

75 TB

20

2

1

4

10

10,015,005

730 TB

20

2

2

4

100

\(9.8 \times 10^{20}\)

\(6.5 \times 10^{21}\) YB