Docs: aliasing and component-wise operations.

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diff --git a/doc/snippets/TopicAliasing_cwise.cpp b/doc/snippets/TopicAliasing_cwise.cpp
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+MatrixXf mat(2,2); 
+mat << 1, 2,  4, 7;
+cout << "Here is the matrix mat:\n" << mat << endl << endl;
+
+mat = 2 * mat;
+cout << "After 'mat = 2 * mat', mat = \n" << mat << endl << endl;
+
+
+mat = mat - MatrixXf::Identity(2,2);
+cout << "After the subtraction, it becomes\n" << mat << endl << endl;
+
+
+ArrayXXf arr = mat;
+arr = arr.square();
+cout << "After squaring, it becomes\n" << arr << endl << endl;
+
+// Combining all operations in one statement:
+mat << 1, 2,  4, 7;
+mat = (2 * mat - MatrixXf::Identity(2,2)).array().square();
+cout << "Doing everything at once yields\n" << mat << endl << endl;