diff --git a/experimental/algorithm/LAGraph_Louvain2.c b/experimental/algorithm/LAGraph_Louvain2.c
index ece56012e6..00d2012331 100644
--- a/experimental/algorithm/LAGraph_Louvain2.c
+++ b/experimental/algorithm/LAGraph_Louvain2.c
@@ -136,16 +136,15 @@ int LAGraph_Louvain2(
     bool changed = true;
     int max_iter = 20;
     int iter =0;
-
+    GRB_TRY(GrB_mxv(z,NULL,NULL,stdmxm,S,k,NULL));
     while(changed && iter < max_iter){
         changed = false;
         double k_i;
-        GRB_TRY(GrB_mxv(z,NULL,NULL,stdmxm,S,k,NULL));
+
         for(int i=0;i<n;i++){//extract tuples
             // v = A(i,:)
             GRB_TRY (GrB_Col_extract (v, NULL, NULL, A, GrB_ALL, b, i,GrB_DESC_T0));
             // GxB_print(v,5);
-
             // -- extract k_i
             GRB_TRY(GrB_Vector_extractElement_FP64(&k_i,k,i));
             
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ int LAGraph_Louvain2(
             Sx[i] = false;
             GRB_TRY (GxB_Matrix_pack_CSR (S, &Sp, &Sj, (void**)&Sx,
                 Sp_size, Sj_size, Sx_size, NULL, S_jumbled, NULL));
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
             double alpha = -k_i/m;
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ int LAGraph_Louvain2(
             // GxB_print(z,5);
             GRB_TRY(GrB_Vector_apply_BinaryOp2nd_FP64(z,NULL,NULL,timesf64,dSk,alpha,NULL));
             // GxB_print(z,5);
+            
             // vtS
             GRB_TRY(GrB_vxm(vtS,NULL,NULL,stdmxm,v,S,GrB_DESC_T0));
-            
             // GxB_print(vtS,5);
 
             //Compute q1
diff --git a/experimental/algorithm/LaGr_Modularity2.c b/experimental/algorithm/LaGr_Modularity2.c
index e80b6f7a4e..b7ce30191d 100644
--- a/experimental/algorithm/LaGr_Modularity2.c
+++ b/experimental/algorithm/LaGr_Modularity2.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ int LAGr_Modularity2(
     double m;
     GRB_TRY(GrB_Matrix_reduce_FP64(&m,plusf64,plusmon,A,NULL));
     m/=2;
-    printf("m:%f\n",m);
+    // printf("m:%f\n",m);
     // GxB_print(S,5);
     // GxB_print(A,5);
     GRB_TRY(GrB_Matrix_reduce_Monoid ((GrB_Vector)k_,NULL,NULL,plusmon,A, GrB_DESC_T0));
diff --git a/experimental/algorithm/temp_ibop.c b/experimental/algorithm/temp_ibop.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b52abc341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/algorithm/temp_ibop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#include "LG_internal.h"
+#include <LAGraphX.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    int64_t k;
+    double v;
+} tuple_fp64;
+#define FP64_K "typedef struct { int64_t k ; double v ; } tuple_fp64 ;"
+void make_fp64(tuple_fp64 *z,
+               const double *x, GrB_Index ix, GrB_Index jx,
+               const void *y, GrB_Index iy, GrB_Index jy,
+               const void *theta)
+{
+    z->k = (int64_t)jx;
+    z->v = (*x);
+}
+void max_fp64(tuple_fp64 *z, const tuple_fp64 *x, const tuple_fp64 *y)
+{
+    if (x->v > y->v || (x->v == y->v && x->k < y->k))
+    {
+        z->k = x->k;
+        z->v = x->v;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        z->k = y->k;
+        z->v = y->v;
+    }
+}
+
+#define MAX_FP64 (a string containing the max_fp64 function above)
+// create the types and operators:
+GrB_Scalar Theta;
+// unused, but cannot be NULL
+GrB_Scalar_new(&Theta, GrB_BOOL);
+GrB_Scalar_setElement_BOOL(Theta, 0);
+GzB_IndexBinaryOp Iop;
+GrB_BinaryOp Bop;
+GrB_Type Tuple;
+GxB_Type_new(&Tuple, sizeof(tuple_fp64), "tuple_fp64", FP64_K);
+ GzB_IndexBinaryOp_new (&Iop, make_fp64, Tuple, GrB_FP64, GrB_BOOL, GrB_BOOL,
+ "make_fp64", MAKE_FP64)) ;
+ OK(GzB_BinaryOp_new_IndexOp(&Bop, Iop, Theta));
+ tuple_fp64 id;
+ memset(&id, 0, sizeof(tuple_fp64));
+ id.k = INT64_MAX;
+ id.v = (double)(-INFINITY);
+ OK(GxB_BinaryOp_new(&MonOp, max_fp64, Tuple, Tuple, Tuple, "max_fp64", MAX_FP64));
+ GrB_Monoid MonOp;
+ GrB_Semiring Semiring;
+ GrB_Monoid_new_UDT(&Monoid, MonOp, &id);
+ GrB_Semiring_new(&Semiring, Monoid, Bop);
+ // compute the argmax of each row of a GrB_FP64 matrix A:
+ // y = zeros (ncols,1) ;
+ GrB_Vector y;
+ GrB_Matrix_new (&y, GrB_BOOL, ncols, 1)) ;
+ GrB_Matrix_assign_BOOL (y, NULL, NULL, 0, GrB_ALL, ncols, GrB_ALL, 1, NULL)) ;
+ // c = A*y using the argmax semiring
+ GrB_Vector_new (&c, Tuple, nrows, 1)) ;
+ GrB_mxv(c, NULL, NULL, Semiring, A, y, NULL);
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