f07bvf returns error bounds for the solution of a complex band system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides, , or . It improves the solution by iterative refinement, in order to reduce the backward error as much as possible.
The routine may be called by the names f07bvf, nagf_lapacklin_zgbrfs or its LAPACK name zgbrfs.
3Description
f07bvf returns the backward errors and estimated bounds on the forward errors for the solution of a complex band system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides , or . The routine handles each right-hand side vector (stored as a column of the matrix ) independently, so we describe the function of f07bvf in terms of a single right-hand side and solution .
Given a computed solution , the routine 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 routine estimates a bound for the component-wiseforwarderror in the computed solution, defined by:
On entry: the first dimension of the array ab as declared in the (sub)program from which f07bvf is called.
Constraint:
.
8: – Complex (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
Note: the second dimension of the array afb
must be at least
.
On entry: the factorization of , as returned by f07brf.
9: – IntegerInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array afb as declared in the (sub)program from which f07bvf is called.
Constraint:
.
10: – Integer arrayInput
Note: the dimension of the array ipiv
must be at least
.
On entry: the pivot indices, as returned by f07brf.
11: – Complex (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
Note: the second dimension of the array b
must be at least
.
On entry: the right-hand side matrix .
12: – IntegerInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array b as declared in the (sub)program from which f07bvf is called.
Constraint:
.
13: – Complex (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput/Output
Note: the second dimension of the array x
must be at least
.
On entry: the solution matrix , as returned by f07bsf.
On exit: the improved solution matrix .
14: – IntegerInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array x as declared in the (sub)program from which f07bvf is called.
Constraint:
.
15: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: contains an estimated error bound for the th solution vector, that is, the th column of , for .
16: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: contains the component-wise backward error bound for the th solution vector, that is, the th column of , for .
17: – Complex (Kind=nag_wp) arrayWorkspace
18: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayWorkspace
19: – IntegerOutput
On exit: unless the routine detects an error (see Section 6).
6Error Indicators and Warnings
If , argument had an illegal value. An explanatory message is output, and execution of the program is terminated.
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.
f07bvf is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
f07bvf 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.
9Further Comments
For each right-hand side, computation of the backward error involves a minimum of real floating-point operations. Each step of iterative refinement involves an additional real operations. This assumes and . At most five steps of iterative refinement are performed, but usually only one or two steps are required.
Estimating the forward error involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form or ; the number is usually and never more than . Each solution involves approximately real operations.