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+#include <Eigen/Core>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace Eigen;
+
+// [circulant_func]
+template<class ArgType>
+class circulant_functor {
+  const ArgType &m_vec;
+public:
+  circulant_functor(const ArgType& arg) : m_vec(arg) {}
+
+  const typename ArgType::Scalar& operator() (Index row, Index col) const {
+    Index index = row - col;
+    if (index < 0) index += m_vec.size();
+    return m_vec(index);
+  }
+};
+// [circulant_func]
+
+// [square]
+template<class ArgType>
+struct circulant_helper {
+  typedef Matrix<typename ArgType::Scalar,
+                 ArgType::SizeAtCompileTime,
+                 ArgType::SizeAtCompileTime,
+                 ColMajor,
+                 ArgType::MaxSizeAtCompileTime,
+                 ArgType::MaxSizeAtCompileTime> MatrixType;
+};
+// [square]
+
+// [makeCirculant]
+template <class ArgType>
+CwiseNullaryOp<circulant_functor<ArgType>, typename circulant_helper<ArgType>::MatrixType>
+makeCirculant(const Eigen::MatrixBase<ArgType>& arg)
+{
+  typedef typename circulant_helper<ArgType>::MatrixType MatrixType;
+  return MatrixType::NullaryExpr(arg.size(), arg.size(), circulant_functor<ArgType>(arg.derived()));
+}
+// [makeCirculant]
+
+// [main]
+int main()
+{
+  Eigen::VectorXd vec(4);
+  vec << 1, 2, 4, 8;
+  Eigen::MatrixXd mat;
+  mat = makeCirculant(vec);
+  std::cout << mat << std::endl;
+}
+// [main]