e02dhf computes the partial derivative (of order , ), of a bicubic spline approximation to a set of data values, from its B-spline representation, at points on a rectangular grid in the - plane. This routine may be used to calculate derivatives of a bicubic spline given in the form produced by e01daf,e02daf,e02dcfande02ddf.
The routine may be called by the names e02dhf or nagf_fit_dim2_spline_derivm.
3Description
e02dhf determines the partial derivative of a smooth bicubic spline approximation at the set of data points .
The spline is given in the B-spline representation
(1)
where and denote normalized cubic B-splines, the former defined on the knots to and the latter on the knots to , with and the total numbers of knots of the computed spline with respect to the and variables respectively. For further details, see Hayes and Halliday (1974) for bicubic splines and de Boor (1972) for normalized B-splines. This routine is suitable for B-spline representations returned by e01daf,e02daf,e02dcfande02ddf.
The partial derivatives can be up to order in each direction; thus the highest mixed derivative available is .
The points in the grid are defined by coordinates , for , along the axis, and coordinates , for , along the axis.
4References
de Boor C (1972) On calculating with B-splines J. Approx. Theory6 50–62
Dierckx P (1981) An improved algorithm for curve fitting with spline functions Report TW54 Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Univerciteit Leuven
Dierckx P (1982) A fast algorithm for smoothing data on a rectangular grid while using spline functions SIAM J. Numer. Anal.19 1286–1304
Hayes J G and Halliday J (1974) The least squares fitting of cubic spline surfaces to general data sets J. Inst. Math. Appl.14 89–103
Reinsch C H (1967) Smoothing by spline functions Numer. Math.10 177–183
5Arguments
1: – IntegerInput
On entry: , the number of grid points along the axis.
Constraint:
.
2: – IntegerInput
On entry: , the number of grid points along the axis.
Constraint:
.
3: – IntegerInput
On entry: the total number of knots in the -direction of the bicubic spline approximation, e.g., the value nx as returned by e02dcf.
4: – IntegerInput
On entry: the total number of knots in the -direction of the bicubic spline approximation, e.g., the value ny as returned by e02dcf.
5: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: must be set to
, the coordinate of the th grid point along the axis, for , on which values of the partial derivative are sought.
Constraint:
.
6: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: must be set to , the coordinate of the th grid point along the axis, for on which values of the partial derivative are sought.
Constraint:
.
7: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: contains the position of the knots in the -direction of the bicubic spline approximation to be differentiated, e.g., lamda as returned by e02dcf.
8: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: contains the position of the knots in the -direction of the bicubic spline approximation to be differentiated, e.g., mu as returned by e02dcf.
9: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput
On entry: the coefficients of the bicubic spline approximation to be differentiated, e.g., c as returned by e02dcf.
10: – IntegerInput
On entry: specifies the order, of the partial derivative in the -direction.
Constraint:
.
11: – IntegerInput
On entry: specifies the order, of the partial derivative in the -direction.
Constraint:
.
12: – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput
On exit: contains the derivative , for and .
13: – IntegerInput/Output
On entry: ifail must be set to , or to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of means that an error message is printed while a value of means that it is not.
If halting is not appropriate, the value or is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value is recommended. Otherwise, the value is recommended. When the value or is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.
On exit: unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).
6Error Indicators and Warnings
If on entry or , explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, for , and .
Constraint: , for .
On entry, for , and .
Constraint: , for .
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.
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.
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
7Accuracy
On successful exit, the partial derivatives on the given mesh are accurate to machine precision with respect to the supplied bicubic spline. Please refer to Section 7 in e01daf,e02daf,e02dcfande02ddf of the routine document for the respective routine which calculated the spline approximant for details on the accuracy of that approximation.
8Parallelism and Performance
Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.
e02dhf 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
None.
10Example
This example reads in values of , , , for , and , for , followed by values of the ordinates defined at the grid points . It then calls e02dcf to compute a bicubic spline approximation for one specified value of . Finally it evaluates the spline and its first derivative at a small sample of points on a rectangular grid by calling e02dhf.