NAG Library Function Document

nag_dgeqrf (f08aec)

+− 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

nag_dgeqrf (f08aec) computes the

Q R

factorization of a real

m

n

matrix.

2 Specification

#include <nag.h>

#include <nagf08.h>

void	nag_dgeqrf (Nag_OrderType order, Integer m, Integer n, double a[], Integer pda, double tau[], NagError *fail)

3 Description

nag_dgeqrf (f08aec) forms the

Q R

factorization of an arbitrary rectangular real

m

n

matrix. No pivoting is performed.

m \geq n

, the factorization is given by:

A = Q (\begin{array}{r} R \\ 0 \end{array}),

where

R

is an

n

n

upper triangular matrix and

Q

is an

m

m

orthogonal matrix. It is sometimes more convenient to write the factorization as

A = (\begin{array}{r} Q_{1} & Q_{2} \end{array}) (\begin{array}{r} R \\ 0 \end{array}),

which reduces to

A = Q_{1} R,

where

Q_{1}

consists of the first

n

columns of

Q

, and

Q_{2}

the remaining

m - n

columns.

m < n

R

is trapezoidal, and the factorization can be written

A = Q (\begin{array}{r} R_{1} & R_{2} \end{array}),

where

R_{1}

is upper triangular and

R_{2}

is rectangular.

The matrix

Q

is not formed explicitly but is represented as a product of

\min (m, n)

elementary reflectors (see the f08 Chapter Introduction for details). Functions are provided to work with

Q

in this representation (see Section 9).

Note also that for any

k < n

, the information returned in the first

k

columns of the array a represents a

Q R

factorization of the first

k

columns of the original matrix

A

4 References

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

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: m – IntegerInput

On entry:

m

, the number of rows of the matrix

A

Constraint:

m \geq 0

3: n – IntegerInput

On entry:

n

, the number of columns of the matrix

A

Constraint:

n \geq 0

4: a[ $\dim$ ] – doubleInput/Output

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

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

The

(i, j)

th element of the matrix

A

is stored in

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

On entry: the

m

n

matrix

A

On exit: if

m \geq n

, the elements below the diagonal are overwritten by details of the orthogonal matrix

Q

and the upper triangle is overwritten by the corresponding elements of the

n

n

upper triangular matrix

R

m < n

, the strictly lower triangular part is overwritten by details of the orthogonal matrix

Q

and the remaining elements are overwritten by the corresponding elements of the

m

n

upper trapezoidal matrix

R

5: pda – IntegerInput

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

Constraints:

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

6: tau[ $\dim$ ] – doubleOutput

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

\max (1, \min (m, n))

On exit: further details of the orthogonal matrix

Q

7: 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, $m = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $m \geq 0$ .
On entry, $n = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .
On entry, $pda = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pda > 0$ .
NE_INT_2: On entry, $pda = ⟨value⟩$ and $m = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pda \geq \max (1, m)$ .
On entry, $pda = ⟨value⟩$ and $n = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $pda \geq \max (1, n)$ .
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.

7 Accuracy

The computed factorization is the exact factorization of a nearby matrix

(A + E)

, where

{‖E‖}_{2} = O (ε) {‖A‖}_{2},

and

ε

is the machine precision.

8 Parallelism and Performance

nag_dgeqrf (f08aec) is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.

nag_dgeqrf (f08aec) 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

\frac{2}{3} n^{2} (3 m - n)

m \geq n

\frac{2}{3} m^{2} (3 n - m)

m < n

To form the orthogonal matrix

Q

nag_dgeqrf (f08aec) may be followed by a call to nag_dorgqr (f08afc):

nag_dorgqr(order,m,m,MIN(m,n),&a,pda,tau,&fail)

but note that the second dimension of the array a must be at least m, which may be larger than was required by nag_dgeqrf (f08aec).

When

m \geq n

, it is often only the first

n

columns of

Q

that are required, and they may be formed by the call:

nag_dorgqr(order,m,n,n,&a,pda,tau,&fail)

To apply

Q

to an arbitrary real rectangular matrix

C

, nag_dgeqrf (f08aec) may be followed by a call to nag_dormqr (f08agc). For example,

nag_dormqr(order,Nag_LeftSide,Nag_Trans,m,p,MIN(m,n),&a,pda,tau,
+ &c,pdc,&fail)

forms

C = Q^{T} C

, where

C

m

p

To compute a

Q R

factorization with column pivoting, use nag_dtpqrt (f08bbc) or nag_dgeqpf (f08bec).

The complex analogue of this function is nag_zgeqrf (f08asc).

10 Example

This example solves the linear least squares problems

minimize {‖A x_{i} - b_{i}‖}_{2}, i = 1, 2

where

b_{1}

and

b_{2}

are the columns of the matrix

B

A = (\begin{array}{r} - 0.57 & - 1.28 & - 0.39 & 0.25 \\ - 1.93 & 1.08 & - 0.31 & - 2.14 \\ 2.30 & 0.24 & 0.40 & - 0.35 \\ - 1.93 & 0.64 & - 0.66 & 0.08 \\ 0.15 & 0.30 & 0.15 & - 2.13 \\ - 0.02 & 1.03 & - 1.43 & 0.50 \end{array}) and B = (\begin{array}{r} - 3.15 & 2.19 \\ - 0.11 & - 3.64 \\ 1.99 & 0.57 \\ - 2.70 & 8.23 \\ 0.26 & - 6.35 \\ 4.50 & - 1.48 \end{array}) .

NAG Library Function Documentnag_dgeqrf (f08aec)

+− 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_dgeqrf (f08aec)