Introduce Sparse Sweeps

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commit 6a1da92e
Author: Frederik Hennig <frederik.hennig@fau.de>
Date:   Tue Jan 21 17:22:45 2025 +0100

    short amendmend to the docs

commit 7a97e846
Author: Frederik Hennig <frederik.hennig@fau.de>
Date:   Tue Jan 21 17:18:17 2025 +0100

    update user manual

commit 974ad9a1
Author: Frederik Hennig <frederik.hennig@fau.de>
Date:   Tue Jan 21 16:11:49 2025 +0100

    Add sparse sweeps + test case