The function may be called by the names: f07vhc, nag_lapacklin_dtbrfs or nag_dtbrfs.
3Description
f07vhc returns the backward errors and estimated bounds on the forward errors for the solution of a real triangular band system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides or . The function handles each right-hand side vector (stored as a column of the matrix ) independently, so we describe the function of f07vhc in terms of a single right-hand side and solution .
Given a computed solution , the function computes the component-wisebackwarderror
. This is the size of the smallest relative perturbation in each element of and such that is the exact solution of a perturbed system
Then the function estimates a bound for the component-wiseforwarderror in the computed solution, defined by:
Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
5Arguments
1: – 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 . See Section 3.1.3 in the Introduction to the NAG Library CL Interface for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.
Constraint:
or .
2: – Nag_UploTypeInput
On entry: specifies whether is upper or lower triangular.
is upper triangular.
is lower triangular.
Constraint:
or .
3: – Nag_TransTypeInput
On entry: indicates the form of the equations.
The equations are of the form .
or
The equations are of the form .
Constraint:
, or .
4: – Nag_DiagTypeInput
On entry: indicates whether is a nonunit or unit triangular matrix.
is a nonunit triangular matrix.
is a unit triangular matrix; the diagonal elements are not referenced and are assumed to be .
Constraint:
or .
5: – IntegerInput
On entry: , the order of the matrix .
Constraint:
.
6: – IntegerInput
On entry: , the number of superdiagonals of the matrix if , or the number of subdiagonals if .
Constraint:
.
7: – IntegerInput
On entry: , the number of right-hand sides.
Constraint:
.
8: – const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ab
must be at least
.
On entry: the triangular band matrix .
This is stored as a notional two-dimensional array with row elements or column elements stored contiguously. The storage of elements of , depends on the order and uplo arguments as follows:
if and ,
is stored in , for and ;
if and ,
is stored in , for and ;
if and ,
is stored in , for and ;
if and ,
is stored in , for and .
If , the diagonal elements of are assumed to be , and are not referenced.
9: – IntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix in the array
ab.
Constraint:
.
10: – const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array b
must be at least
when
;
when
.
The th element of the matrix is stored in
when ;
when .
On entry: the right-hand side matrix .
11: – IntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array b.
Constraints:
if ,
;
if , .
12: – const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array x
must be at least
when
;
when
.
The th element of the matrix is stored in
when ;
when .
On entry: the solution matrix , as returned by f07vec.
13: – IntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array x.
Constraints:
if ,
;
if , .
14: – doubleOutput
On exit: contains an estimated error bound for the th solution vector, that is, the th column of , for .
15: – doubleOutput
On exit: contains the component-wise backward error bound for the th solution vector, that is, the th column of , for .
16: – NagError *Input/Output
The NAG error argument (see Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library CL Interface).
6Error Indicators and Warnings
NE_ALLOC_FAIL
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 3.1.2 in the Introduction to the NAG Library CL Interface for further information.
NE_BAD_PARAM
On entry, argument had an illegal value.
NE_INT
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, . Constraint: .
On entry, . Constraint: .
On entry, . Constraint: .
NE_INT_2
On entry, and .
Constraint: .
On entry, and .
Constraint: .
On entry, and .
Constraint: .
On entry, and .
Constraint: .
On entry, and .
Constraint: .
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.
See Section 7.5 in the Introduction to the NAG Library CL Interface for further information.
NE_NO_LICENCE
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library CL Interface for further information.
7Accuracy
The bounds returned in ferr are not rigorous, because they are estimated, not computed exactly; but in practice they almost always overestimate the actual error.
8Parallelism and Performance
Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.
f07vhc is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
f07vhc 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 function. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.
9Further Comments
A call to f07vhc, for each right-hand side, involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form or ; the number is usually or and never more than . Each solution involves approximately floating-point operations (assuming ).