feat: generalize use of sparse matrices in kernels #16555

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is_not_draft_pull_request	6s
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are_submodules_in_sync	15s
if_not_unassigned_pull_request	2s
run_integrated_tests / build_test_deploy	50m 40s
Check code style / build_test_deploy	1m 13s
Check documentation / build_test_deploy	59s
Ubuntu 24.04 - gcc 13 + CUDA 12.9.1 / build_test_deploy	10m 4s
Ubuntu 24.04 - clang 19 + CUDA 12.9.1 / build_test_deploy	5m 8s
Rocky Linux 8 - gcc 13 + CUDA 12.9.1 / build_test_deploy	12m 16s
Ubuntu 24.04 - clang 19 + CUDA 12.9.1 debug / build_test_deploy	4m 26s
Ubuntu 24.04 - gcc 13 debug / build_test_deploy	6m 51s
Ubuntu 24.04 - gcc 13 / build_test_deploy	7m 59s
Rocky Linux 8 - gcc 12 / build_test_deploy	9m 19s
Rocky Linux 8 - clang 19 / build_test_deploy	5m 41s
Rocky Linux 8 - gcc 13 / build_test_deploy	9m 23s
Rocky Linux 9 - clang 22 / build_test_deploy	5m 27s
Ubuntu 24.04 - clang 20 - NO BOUNDS CHECK / build_test_deploy	5m 50s
check_that_all_jobs_succeeded	4s
	2h 15m 55s

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