NAG Library Function Document

nag_dtrtrs (f07tec)

void	nag_dtrtrs (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_UploType uplo, Nag_TransType trans, Nag_DiagType diag, Integer n, Integer nrhs, const double a[], Integer pda, double b[], Integer pdb, NagError *fail)

3 Description

nag_dtrtrs (f07tec) solves a real triangular system of linear equations

A X = B

A^{T} X = B

4 References

Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

Higham N J (1989) The accuracy of solutions to triangular systems SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 26 1252–1265

5 Arguments

1: order – Nag_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

Nag_ColMajor

2: uplo – Nag_UploTypeInput

On entry: specifies whether

A

is upper or lower triangular.

$uplo = Nag_Upper$: $A$ is upper triangular.
$uplo = Nag_Lower$: $A$ is lower triangular.

Constraint:

uplo = Nag_Upper

Nag_Lower

3: trans – Nag_TransTypeInput

On entry: indicates the form of the equations.

$trans = Nag_NoTrans$: The equations are of the form $A X = B$ .
$trans = Nag_Trans$ or $Nag_ConjTrans$: The equations are of the form $A^{T} X = B$ .

Constraint:

trans = Nag_NoTrans

Nag_Trans

Nag_ConjTrans

4: diag – Nag_DiagTypeInput

On entry: indicates whether

A

is a nonunit or unit triangular matrix.

$diag = Nag_NonUnitDiag$: $A$ is a nonunit triangular matrix.
$diag = Nag_UnitDiag$: $A$ is a unit triangular matrix; the diagonal elements are not referenced and are assumed to be $1$ .

Constraint:

diag = Nag_NonUnitDiag

Nag_UnitDiag

5: n – IntegerInput

On entry:

n

, the order of the matrix

A

Constraint:

n \geq 0

6: nrhs – IntegerInput

On entry:

r

, the number of right-hand sides.

Constraint:

nrhs \geq 0

7: a[ $\dim$ ] – const doubleInput

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array a must be at least

\max (1, pda \times n)

On entry: the

n

n

triangular matrix

A

order = Nag_ColMajor

A_{i j}

is stored in

a [(j - 1) \times pda + i - 1]

order = Nag_RowMajor

A_{i j}

is stored in

a [(i - 1) \times pda + j - 1]

uplo = Nag_Upper

, the upper triangular part of

A

must be stored and the elements of the array below the diagonal are not referenced.

uplo = Nag_Lower

, the lower triangular part of

A

must be stored and the elements of the array above the diagonal are not referenced.

diag = Nag_UnitDiag

, the diagonal elements of

A

are assumed to be

1

, and are not referenced.

8: pda – IntegerInput

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix

A

in the array a.

Constraint:

pda \geq \max (1, n)

9: b[ $\dim$ ] – doubleInput/Output

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array b must be at least

$\max (1, pdb \times nrhs)$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$\max (1, n \times pdb)$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

The

(i, j)

th element of the matrix

B

is stored in

$b [(j - 1) \times pdb + i - 1]$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$b [(i - 1) \times pdb + j - 1]$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

On entry: the

n

r

right-hand side matrix

B

On exit: the

n

r

solution matrix

X

10: pdb – IntegerInput

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array b.

Constraints:

if $order = Nag_ColMajor$ , $pdb \geq \max (1, n)$ ;
if $order = Nag_RowMajor$ , $pdb \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .

11: fail – NagError *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: $n \geq 0$ .
On entry, $nrhs = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $nrhs \geq 0$ .
On entry, $pda = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pda > 0$ .
On entry, $pdb = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdb > 0$ .
NE_INT_2: On entry, $pda = ⟨value⟩$ and $n = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pda \geq \max (1, n)$ .
On entry, $pdb = ⟨value⟩$ and $n = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdb \geq \max (1, n)$ .
On entry, $pdb = ⟨value⟩$ and $nrhs = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdb \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .
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_SINGULAR: $a (⟨value⟩, ⟨value⟩)$ is exactly zero. $A$ is singular and the solution has not been computed.

7 Accuracy

The solutions of triangular systems of equations are usually computed to high accuracy. See Higham (1989).

For each right-hand side vector

b

, the computed solution

x

is the exact solution of a perturbed system of equations

(A + E) x = b

, where

|E| \leq c (n) ε |A|,

c (n)

is a modest linear function of

n

, and

ε

is the machine precision.

\hat{x}

is the true solution, then the computed solution

x

satisfies a forward error bound of the form

\frac{{‖x - \hat{x}‖}_{\infty}}{{‖x‖}_{\infty}} \leq c (n) cond (A, x) ε,   provided c (n) cond (A, x) ε < 1,

where

cond (A, x) = {‖|A^{- 1}| |A| |x|‖}_{\infty} / {‖x‖}_{\infty}

Note that

cond (A, x) \leq cond (A) = {‖|A^{- 1}| |A|‖}_{\infty} \leq κ_{\infty} (A)

;

cond (A, x)

can be much smaller than

cond (A)

and it is also possible for

cond (A^{T})

to be much larger (or smaller) than

cond (A)

Forward and backward error bounds can be computed by calling nag_dtrrfs (f07thc), and an estimate for

κ_{\infty} (A)

can be obtained by calling nag_dtrcon (f07tgc) with

norm = Nag_InfNorm

8 Parallelism and Performance

nag_dtrtrs (f07tec) is not threaded by NAG in any implementation.

nag_dtrtrs (f07tec) 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

The total number of floating-point operations is approximately

n^{2} r

The complex analogue of this function is nag_ztrtrs (f07tsc).

10 Example

This example solves the system of equations

A X = B

, where

A = (\begin{matrix} 4.30 & 0.00 & 0.00 & 0.00 \\ - 3.96 & - 4.87 & 0.00 & 0.00 \\ 0.40 & 0.31 & - 8.02 & 0.00 \\ - 0.27 & 0.07 & - 5.95 & 0.12 \end{matrix}) and B = (\begin{matrix} - 12.90 & - 21.50 \\ 16.75 & 14.93 \\ - 17.55 & 6.33 \\ - 11.04 & 8.09 \end{matrix}) .

NAG Library Function Documentnag_dtrtrs (f07tec)

+− 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

NAG Library Function Document

nag_dtrtrs (f07tec)