NAG Library Routine Document

Higham N J and Lin L (2013) An improved Schur–Padé algorithm for fractional powers of a matrix and their Fréchet derivatives SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 34(3) 1341–1360

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Arguments

1: $n$ – IntegerInput: On entry: $n$ , the order of the matrix $A$ .

Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .
2: $a (lda *)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput/Output: Note: the second dimension of the array a must be at least $n$ .

On entry: the $n$ by $n$ matrix $A$ .

On exit: the $n$ by $n$ matrix $p$ th power, $A^{p}$ .
3: $lda$ – IntegerInput: On entry: the first dimension of the array a as declared in the (sub)program from which f01eqf is called.

Constraint: $lda \geq n$ .
4: $p$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input: On entry: the required power of $A$ .
5: $ifail$ – IntegerInput/Output: On entry: ifail must be set to $0$ , $- 1 or 1$ . If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 3.4 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $- 1 or 1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this argument, the recommended value is $0$ . When the value $- 1 or 1$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit: $ifail = 0$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

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Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

ifail = 0

- 1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$ifail = 1$: $A$ has eigenvalues on the negative real line. The principal $p$ th power is not defined. f01fqf can be used to find a complex, non-principal $p$ th power.

$ifail = 2$: $A$ is singular so the $p$ th power cannot be computed.

$ifail = 3$: $A^{p}$ has been computed using an IEEE double precision Padé approximant, although the arithmetic precision is higher than IEEE double precision.

$ifail = 4$: An unexpected internal error occurred. This failure should not occur and suggests that the routine has been called incorrectly.

$ifail = - 1$: On entry, $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .

$ifail = - 3$: On entry, $lda = 〈value〉$ and $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $lda \geq n$ .

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 3.9 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 3.8 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

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Accuracy

For positive integer

p

, the algorithm reduces to a sequence of matrix multiplications. For negative integer

p

, the algorithm consists of a combination of matrix inversion and matrix multiplications.

For a normal matrix

A

(for which

A^{T} A = A A^{T}

) and non-integer

p

, the Schur decomposition is diagonal and the algorithm reduces to evaluating powers of the eigenvalues of

A

and then constructing

A^{p}

using the Schur vectors. This should give a very accurate result. In general however, no error bounds are available for the algorithm.

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Parallelism and Performance

f01eqf is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.

f01eqf 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 routine. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

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Further Comments

The cost of the algorithm is

O (n^{3})

. The exact cost depends on the matrix

A

but if

p \in (- 1, 1)

then the cost is independent of

p

O (4 \times n^{2})

of real allocatable memory is required by the routine.

If estimates of the condition number of

A^{p}

are required then f01jef should be used.

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Example

This example finds

A^{p}

where

p = 0.2

and

A = (\begin{array}{r} 3 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\ 3 & 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 1 & 1 & 4 & 3 \\ 3 & 0 & 3 & 1 \end{array}) .

NAG Library Routine Document

f01eqf (real_gen_matrix_pow)

▸▿ Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results

1

Purpose

2

Specification

3

Description

4

References

5

Arguments

6

Error Indicators and Warnings

7

Accuracy

8

Parallelism and Performance

9

Further Comments

10

Example

10.1

Program Text

10.2

Program Data

10.3

Program Results