is computed using a Padé approximant and the scaling and squaring method. The Padé approximant is then differentiated in order to obtain the Fréchet derivative

L (A, E)

4 References

Al–Mohy A H and Higham N J (2009a) A new scaling and squaring algorithm for the matrix exponential SIAM J. Matrix Anal. 31(3) 970–989

Al–Mohy A H and Higham N J (2009b) Computing the Fréchet derivative of the matrix exponential, with an application to condition number estimation SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 30(4) 1639–1657

Higham N J (2008) Functions of Matrices: Theory and Computation SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Moler C B and Van Loan C F (2003) Nineteen dubious ways to compute the exponential of a matrix, twenty-five years later SIAM Rev. 45 3–49

5 Arguments

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

Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .
2: $a (lda *)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/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 exponential $e^{A}$ .
3: $lda$ – Integer Input: On entry: the first dimension of the array a as declared in the (sub)program from which f01jhf is called.

Constraint: $lda \geq n$ .
4: $e (lde *)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output: Note: the second dimension of the array e must be at least $n$ .

On entry: the $n$ by $n$ matrix $E$

On exit: the Fréchet derivative $L (A, E)$
5: $lde$ – Integer Input: On entry: the first dimension of the array e as declared in the (sub)program from which f01jhf is called.

Constraint: $lde \geq n$ .
6: $ifail$ – Integer Input/Output: On entry: ifail must be set to $0$ , $- 1 or 1$ . If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 4 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface 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).

6 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:

$ifail = 1$: The linear equations to be solved for the Padé approximant are singular; it is likely that this routine has been called incorrectly.

$ifail = 2$: $e^{A}$ has been computed using an IEEE double precision Padé approximant, although the arithmetic precision is higher than IEEE double precision.

$ifail = 3$: An unexpected internal error has occurred. Please contact NAG.

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

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

$ifail = - 5$: On entry, $lde = 〈value〉$ and $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $lde \geq n$ .

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

For a normal matrix

A

(for which

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

) the computed matrix,

e^{A}

, is guaranteed to be close to the exact matrix, that is, the method is forward stable. No such guarantee can be given for non-normal matrices. See Section 10.3 of Higham (2008), Al–Mohy and Higham (2009a) and Al–Mohy and Higham (2009b) for details and further discussion.

8 Parallelism and Performance

f01jhf is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.

f01jhf 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.

9 Further Comments

The cost of the algorithm is

O (n^{3})

and the real allocatable memory required is approximately

9 n^{2}

; see Al–Mohy and Higham (2009a) and Al–Mohy and Higham (2009b).

If the matrix exponential alone is required, without the Fréchet derivative, then f01ecf should be used.

If the condition number of the matrix exponential is required then f01jgf should be used.

As well as the excellent book Higham (2008), the classic reference for the computation of the matrix exponential is Moler and Van Loan (2003).

10 Example

This example finds the matrix exponential

e^{A}

and the Fréchet derivative

L (A, E)

, where

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

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NAG FL Interfacef01jhf (real_​gen_​matrix_​frcht_​exp)

▸▿ 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

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