This document discusses representations of sparse matrices using linked lists. It explains that sparse matrices, which contain mostly zero values, can be stored more efficiently using a triplet representation or linked representation rather than a standard 2D array. The triplet representation stores only the non-zero elements, their row and column indices, and matrix size information. It provides an example of a 4x5 sparse matrix represented as a triplet array with 6 non-zero elements. Linked representation stores the sparse matrix as a linked list, where each node contains the row, column and value of a non-zero element. Applications of sparse matrix representations include storing large sparse datasets efficiently.