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NAG Toolbox: nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01jj)
Purpose
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01jj) computes an estimate of the relative condition number of the logarithm of a real by matrix , in the -norm. The principal matrix logarithm is also returned.
Syntax
Description
For a matrix with no eigenvalues on the closed negative real line, the principal matrix logarithm is the unique logarithm whose spectrum lies in the strip .
The Fréchet derivative of the matrix logarithm of
is the unique linear mapping
such that for any matrix
The derivative describes the first order effect of perturbations in on the logarithm .
The relative condition number of the matrix logarithm can be defined by
where
is the norm of the Fréchet derivative of the matrix logarithm at
.
To obtain the estimate of , nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01jj) first estimates by computing an estimate of a quantity , such that .
The algorithms used to compute
and
are based on a Schur decomposition, the inverse scaling and squaring method and Padé approximants. Further details can be found in
Al–Mohy and Higham (2011) and
Al–Mohy et al. (2012).
References
Al–Mohy A H and Higham N J (2011) Improved inverse scaling and squaring algorithms for the matrix logarithm SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 34(4) C152–C169
Al–Mohy A H, Higham N J and Relton S D (2012) Computing the Fréchet derivative of the matrix logarithm and estimating the condition number MIMS EPrint 2012.72
Higham N J (2008) Functions of Matrices: Theory and Computation SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Parameters
Compulsory Input Parameters
- 1:
– double array
-
The first dimension of the array
a must be at least
.
The second dimension of the array
a must be at least
.
The by matrix .
Optional Input Parameters
- 1:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
Default:
the first dimension of the array
a and the second dimension of the array
a. (An error is raised if these dimensions are not equal.)
, the order of the matrix .
Constraint:
.
Output Parameters
- 1:
– double array
-
The first dimension of the array
a will be
.
The second dimension of the array
a will be
.
The by principal matrix logarithm, .
- 2:
– double scalar
-
With or , an estimate of the relative condition number of the matrix logarithm, . Alternatively, if , contains the absolute condition number of the matrix logarithm.
- 3:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
unless the function detects an error (see
Error Indicators and Warnings).
Error Indicators and Warnings
Errors or warnings detected by the function:
-
-
is singular so the logarithm cannot be computed.
-
-
has eigenvalues on the negative real line. The principal logarithm is not defined in this case;
nag_matop_complex_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01kj) can be used to return a complex, non-principal log.
-
-
has been computed using an IEEE double precision Padé approximant, although the arithmetic precision is higher than IEEE double precision.
-
-
The relative condition number is infinite. The absolute condition number was returned instead.
-
-
An unexpected internal error occurred. This failure should not occur and suggests that the function has been called incorrectly.
-
-
Constraint: .
-
-
Constraint: .
-
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please
contact
NAG.
-
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
-
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
Accuracy
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01jj) uses the norm estimation function
nag_linsys_real_gen_norm_rcomm (f04yd) to produce an estimate
of a quantity
, such that
. For further details on the accuracy of norm estimation, see the documentation for
nag_linsys_real_gen_norm_rcomm (f04yd).
For a normal matrix
(for which
), the Schur decomposition is diagonal and the computation of the matrix logarithm reduces to evaluating the logarithm of the eigenvalues of
and then constructing
using the Schur vectors. This should give a very accurate result. In general, however, no error bounds are available for the algorithm. The sensitivity of the computation of
is worst when
has an eigenvalue of very small modulus or has a complex conjugate pair of eigenvalues lying close to the negative real axis. See
Al–Mohy and Higham (2011) and Section 11.2 of
Higham (2008) for details and further discussion.
Further Comments
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_std (f01ja) uses a similar algorithm to
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01jj) to compute an estimate of the
absolute condition number (which is related to the relative condition number by a factor of
). However, the required Fréchet derivatives are computed in a more efficient and stable manner by
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01jj) and so its use is recommended over
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_std (f01ja).
The amount of real allocatable memory required by the algorithm is typically of the order .
The cost of the algorithm is
floating-point operations; see
Al–Mohy et al. (2012).
If the matrix logarithm alone is required, without an estimate of the condition number, then
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_log (f01ej) should be used. If the Fréchet derivative of the matrix logarithm is required then
nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_frcht_log (f01jk) should be used. If
has negative real eigenvalues then
nag_matop_complex_gen_matrix_cond_log (f01kj) can be used to return a complex, non-principal matrix logarithm and its condition number.
Example
This example estimates the relative condition number of the matrix logarithm
, where
Open in the MATLAB editor:
f01jj_example
function f01jj_example
fprintf('f01jj example results\n\n');
a = [4, -1, 0, 1;
2, 5, -2, 2;
1, 1, 3, -1;
2, 0, 2, 8];
[loga, condla, ifail] = f01jj(a);
disp('Log(A):');
disp(loga);
fprintf('Estimated condition number is: %6.2f\n', condla);
f01jj example results
Log(A):
1.4081 -0.2051 -0.1071 0.1904
0.4396 1.7096 -0.5147 0.2226
0.2560 0.2613 1.2485 -0.2413
0.3030 -0.0107 0.3834 2.0891
Estimated condition number is: 5.50
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