On page 38 of "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" by Christoph M. Hoffmann, there is an algorithm (ALGORITHM 2).
I have some confusions.
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Why it is written that an entry $M_{i,j}, j < i$, cannot be referenced? what is the meaning of "reference" here?
Thanks.