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    1  Purpose
    7  Accuracy

1  Purpose

nag_dsycon (f07mgc) estimates the condition number of a real symmetric indefinite matrix A, where A has been factorized by nag_dsytrf (f07mdc).

2  Specification

#include <nag.h>
#include <nagf07.h>
void  nag_dsycon (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_UploType uplo, Integer n, const double a[], Integer pda, const Integer ipiv[], double anorm, double *rcond, NagError *fail)

3  Description

nag_dsycon (f07mgc) estimates the condition number (in the 1-norm) of a real symmetric indefinite matrix A:
κ1A=A1A-11 .
Since A is symmetric, κ1A=κA=AA-1.
Because κ1A is infinite if A is singular, the function actually returns an estimate of the reciprocal of κ1A.
The function should be preceded by a call to nag_dsy_norm (f16rcc) to compute A1 and a call to nag_dsytrf (f07mdc) to compute the Bunch–Kaufman factorization of A. The function then uses Higham's implementation of Hager's method (see Higham (1988)) to estimate A-11.

4  References

Higham N J (1988) FORTRAN codes for estimating the one-norm of a real or complex matrix, with applications to condition estimation ACM Trans. Math. Software 14 381–396

5  Arguments

1:     orderNag_OrderTypeInput
On entry: the order argument specifies the two-dimensional storage scheme being used, i.e., row-major ordering or column-major ordering. C language defined storage is specified by order=Nag_RowMajor. See Section 3.2.1.3 in the Essential Introduction for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.
Constraint: order=Nag_RowMajor or Nag_ColMajor.
2:     uploNag_UploTypeInput
On entry: specifies how A has been factorized.
uplo=Nag_Upper
A=PUDUTPT, where U is upper triangular.
uplo=Nag_Lower
A=PLDLTPT, where L is lower triangular.
Constraint: uplo=Nag_Upper or Nag_Lower.
3:     nIntegerInput
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A.
Constraint: n0.
4:     a[dim]const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array a must be at least max1,pda×n.
On entry: details of the factorization of A, as returned by nag_dsytrf (f07mdc).
5:     pdaIntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix in the array a.
Constraint: pdamax1,n.
6:     ipiv[dim]const IntegerInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ipiv must be at least max1,n.
On entry: details of the interchanges and the block structure of D, as returned by nag_dsytrf (f07mdc).
7:     anormdoubleInput
On entry: the 1-norm of the original matrix A, which may be computed by calling nag_dsy_norm (f16rcc) with its argument norm=Nag_OneNorm. anorm must be computed either before calling nag_dsytrf (f07mdc) or else from a copy of the original matrix A.
Constraint: anorm0.0.
8:     rconddouble *Output
On exit: an estimate of the reciprocal of the condition number of A. rcond is set to zero if exact singularity is detected or the estimate underflows. If rcond is less than machine precision, A is singular to working precision.
9:     failNagError *Input/Output
The NAG error argument (see Section 3.6 in the Essential Introduction).

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
NE_BAD_PARAM
On entry, argument value had an illegal value.
NE_INT
On entry, n=value.
Constraint: n0.
On entry, pda=value.
Constraint: pda>0.
NE_INT_2
On entry, pda=value and n=value.
Constraint: pdamax1,n.
NE_INTERNAL_ERROR
An internal error has occurred in this function. Check the function call and any array sizes. If the call is correct then please contact NAG for assistance.
NE_REAL
On entry, anorm=value.
Constraint: anorm0.0.

7  Accuracy

The computed estimate rcond is never less than the true value ρ, and in practice is nearly always less than 10ρ, although examples can be constructed where rcond is much larger.

8  Parallelism and Performance

nag_dsycon (f07mgc) is not threaded by NAG in any implementation.
nag_dsycon (f07mgc) makes calls to BLAS and/or LAPACK routines, which may be threaded within the vendor library used by this implementation. Consult the documentation for the vendor library for further information.
Please consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

9  Further Comments

A call to nag_dsycon (f07mgc) involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form Ax=b; the number is usually 4 or 5 and never more than 11. Each solution involves approximately 2n2 floating-point operations but takes considerably longer than a call to nag_dsytrs (f07mec) with one right-hand side, because extra care is taken to avoid overflow when A is approximately singular.
The complex analogues of this function are nag_zhecon (f07muc) for Hermitian matrices and nag_zsycon (f07nuc) for symmetric matrices.

10  Example

This example estimates the condition number in the 1-norm (or -norm) of the matrix A, where
A= 2.07 3.87 4.20 -1.15 3.87 -0.21 1.87 0.63 4.20 1.87 1.15 2.06 -1.15 0.63 2.06 -1.81 .
Here A is symmetric indefinite and must first be factorized by nag_dsytrf (f07mdc). The true condition number in the 1-norm is 75.68.

10.1  Program Text

Program Text (f07mgce.c)

10.2  Program Data

Program Data (f07mgce.d)

10.3  Program Results

Program Results (f07mgce.r)


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