f03bfc computes the determinant of a real
by
symmetric positive definite matrix
.
f07fdc must be called first to supply the symmetric matrix
in Cholesky factorized form. The storage (upper or lower triangular) used by
f07fdc is not relevant to
f03bfc since only the diagonal elements of the factorized
are referenced.
f03bfc computes the determinant of a real
by
symmetric positive definite matrix
that has been factorized as
, where
is upper triangular, or
, where
is lower triangular. The determinant is the product of the squares of the diagonal elements of
or
. The Cholesky factorized form of the matrix must be supplied; this is returned by a call to
f07fdc.
The accuracy of the determinant depends on the conditioning of the original matrix. For a detailed error analysis see page 25 of
Wilkinson and Reinsch (1971).
This example computes a Cholesky factorization and calculates the determinant of the real symmetric positive definite matrix