NAG C Library Function Document
nag_quad_1d_gauss_wgen (d01tcc)
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Purpose
nag_quad_1d_gauss_wgen (d01tcc) returns the weights (normal or adjusted) and abscissae for a Gaussian integration rule with a specified number of abscissae. Six different types of Gauss rule are allowed.
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Specification
#include <nag.h> |
#include <nagd01.h> |
void |
nag_quad_1d_gauss_wgen (Nag_QuadType quad_type,
double a,
double b,
double c,
double d,
Integer n,
double weight[],
double abscis[],
NagError *fail) |
|
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Description
nag_quad_1d_gauss_wgen (d01tcc) returns the weights
and abscissae
for use in the summation
which approximates a definite integral (see
Davis and Rabinowitz (1975) or
Stroud and Secrest (1966)). The following types are provided:
(a) |
Gauss–Legendre
Constraint:
. |
(b) |
Gauss–Jacobi
normal weights:
adjusted weights:
Constraint:
, , . |
(c) |
Exponential Gauss
normal weights:
adjusted weights:
Constraint:
, . |
(d) |
Gauss–Laguerre
normal weights:
adjusted weights:
Constraint:
, . |
(e) |
Gauss–Hermite
normal weights:
adjusted weights:
Constraint:
, . |
(f) |
Rational Gauss
normal weights:
adjusted weights:
Constraint:
, , . |
In the above formulae, stands for any polynomial of degree or less in .
The method used to calculate the abscissae involves finding the eigenvalues of the appropriate tridiagonal matrix (see
Golub and Welsch (1969)). The weights are then determined by the formula
where
is the
th orthogonal polynomial with respect to the weight function over the appropriate interval.
The weights and abscissae produced by
nag_quad_1d_gauss_wgen (d01tcc) may be passed to
nag_quad_md_gauss (d01fbc), which will evaluate the summations in one or more dimensions.
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References
Davis P J and Rabinowitz P (1975) Methods of Numerical Integration Academic Press
Golub G H and Welsch J H (1969) Calculation of Gauss quadrature rules Math. Comput. 23 221–230
Stroud A H and Secrest D (1966) Gaussian Quadrature Formulas Prentice–Hall
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Arguments
- 1:
– Nag_QuadTypeInput
-
On entry: indicates the type of quadrature rule.
- Gauss–Legendre, with normal weights.
- Gauss–Jacobi, with normal weights.
- Gauss–Jacobi, with adjusted weights.
- Exponential Gauss, with normal weights.
- Exponential Gauss, with adjusted weights.
- Gauss–Laguerre, with normal weights.
- Gauss–Laguerre, with adjusted weights.
- Gauss–Hermite, with normal weights.
- Gauss–Hermite, with adjusted weights.
- Rational Gauss, with normal weights.
- Rational Gauss, with adjusted weights.
Constraint:
, , , , , , , , , or .
- 2:
– doubleInput
- 3:
– doubleInput
- 4:
– doubleInput
- 5:
– doubleInput
-
On entry: the parameters
,
,
and
which occur in the quadrature formulae.
c is not used if
;
d is not used unless
,
,
or
. For some rules
c and
d must not be too large (see
Section 6).
Constraints:
- if , ;
- if or , and and ;
- if or , and ;
- if or , and ;
- if or , and ;
- if or , and and .
- 6:
– IntegerInput
-
On entry:
, the number of weights and abscissae to be returned. If
or
and
, an odd value of
n may raise problems (see
NE_INDETERMINATE).
Constraint:
.
- 7:
– doubleOutput
-
- 8:
– doubleOutput
-
On exit: the
n abscissae.
- 9:
– NagError *Input/Output
-
The NAG error argument (see
Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation).
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Error Indicators and Warnings
- NE_ALLOC_FAIL
-
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See
Section 2.3.1.2 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
- NE_BAD_PARAM
-
On entry, argument had an illegal value.
- NE_CONSTRAINT
-
On entry,
a,
b,
c, or
d is not in the allowed range:
,
,
and
.
- NE_CONVERGENCE
-
The algorithm for computing eigenvalues of a tridiagonal matrix has failed to converge.
- NE_INDETERMINATE
-
Exponential Gauss or Gauss–Hermite adjusted weights with
n odd and
.
Theoretically, in these cases:
- for , the central adjusted weight is infinite, and the exact function is zero at the central abscissa;
- for , the central adjusted weight is zero, and the exact function is infinite at the central abscissa.
In either case, the contribution of the central abscissa to the summation is indeterminate.
In practice, the central weight may not have overflowed or underflowed, if there is sufficient rounding error in the value of the central abscissa.
The weights and abscissa returned may be usable; you must be particularly careful not to ‘round’ the central abscissa to its true value without simultaneously ‘rounding’ the central weight to zero or as appropriate, or the summation will suffer. It would be preferable to use normal weights, if possible.
Note: remember that, when switching from normal weights to adjusted weights or vice versa, redefinition of is involved.
- NE_INT
-
On entry, .
Constraint: .
- 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.
See
Section 2.7.6 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
- NE_NO_LICENCE
-
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See
Section 2.7.5 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
- NE_TOO_BIG
-
One or more of the weights are larger than
, the largest floating point number on this computer (see
nag_real_largest_number (X02ALC)):
.
Possible solutions are to use a smaller value of
; or, if using adjusted weights to change to normal weights.
- NE_TOO_SMALL
-
One or more of the weights are too small to be distinguished from zero on this machine.
The underflowing weights are returned as zero, which may be a usable approximation.
Possible solutions are to use a smaller value of ; or, if using normal weights, to change to adjusted weights.
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Accuracy
The accuracy depends mainly on , with increasing loss of accuracy for larger values of . Typically, one or two decimal digits may be lost from machine accuracy with , and three or four decimal digits may be lost for .
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Parallelism and Performance
nag_quad_1d_gauss_wgen (d01tcc) 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
x06 Chapter Introduction for information on how to control and interrogate the OpenMP environment used within this function. Please also consult the
Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.
The major portion of the time is taken up during the calculation of the eigenvalues of the appropriate tridiagonal matrix, where the time is roughly proportional to .
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Example
This example returns the abscissae and (adjusted) weights for the seven-point Gauss–Laguerre formula.
10.1
Program Text
Program Text (d01tcce.c)
10.2
Program Data
Program Data (d01tcce.d)
10.3
Program Results
Program Results (d01tcce.r)