void	f07mhc (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_UploType uplo, Integer n, Integer nrhs, const double a[], Integer pda, const double af[], Integer pdaf, const Integer ipiv[], const double b[], Integer pdb, double x[], Integer pdx, double ferr[], double berr[], NagError *fail)

The function may be called by the names: f07mhc, nag_lapacklin_dsyrfs or nag_dsyrfs.

3 Description

f07mhc returns the backward errors and estimated bounds on the forward errors for the solution of a real symmetric indefinite system of linear equations with multiple right-hand sides

A X = B

. The function handles each right-hand side vector (stored as a column of the matrix

B

) independently, so we describe the function of f07mhc in terms of a single right-hand side

b

and solution

x

Given a computed solution

x

, the function computes the component-wise backward error

β

. This is the size of the smallest relative perturbation in each element of

A

and

b

such that

x

is the exact solution of a perturbed system

\begin{matrix} (A + δ A) x = b + δ b \\ | δ a_{i j} | \leq β | a_{i j} | and | δ b_{i} | \leq β | b_{i} | . \end{matrix}

Then the function estimates a bound for the component-wise forward error in the computed solution, defined by:

\max_{i} | x_{i} - {\hat{x}}_{i} | / \max_{i} | x_{i} |

where

\hat{x}

is the true solution.

For details of the method, see the F07 Chapter Introduction.

4 References

Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

5 Arguments

1: $order$ – Nag_OrderType Input

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

order = Nag_RowMajor

. 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:

order = Nag_RowMajor

Nag_ColMajor

2: $uplo$ – Nag_UploType Input

On entry: specifies whether the upper or lower triangular part of

A

is stored and how

A

is to be factorized.

$uplo = Nag_Upper$: The upper triangular part of $A$ is stored and $A$ is factorized as $P U D U^{T} P^{T}$ , where $U$ is upper triangular.
$uplo = Nag_Lower$: The lower triangular part of $A$ is stored and $A$ is factorized as $P L D L^{T} P^{T}$ , where $L$ is lower triangular.

Constraint:

uplo = Nag_Upper

Nag_Lower

3: $n$ – Integer Input

On entry:

n

, the order of the matrix

A

Constraint:

n \geq 0

4: $nrhs$ – Integer Input

On entry:

r

, the number of right-hand sides.

Constraint:

nrhs \geq 0

5: $a [\dim]$ – const double Input

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array a must be at least

\max (1, pda \times n)

On entry: the

n \times n

original symmetric matrix

A

as supplied to f07mdc.

6: $pda$ – Integer Input

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix in the array a.

Constraint:

pda \geq \max (1, n)

7: $af [\dim]$ – const double Input

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array af must be at least

\max (1, pdaf \times n)

On entry: details of the factorization of

A

, as returned by f07mdc.

8: $pdaf$ – Integer Input

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix in the array af.

Constraint:

pdaf \geq \max (1, n)

9: $ipiv [\dim]$ – const Integer Input

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ipiv must be at least

\max (1, n)

On entry: details of the interchanges and the block structure of

D

, as returned by f07mdc.

10: $b [\dim]$ – const double Input

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array b must be at least

$\max (1, pdb \times nrhs)$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$\max (1, n \times pdb)$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

The

(i, j)

th element of the matrix

B

is stored in

$b [(j - 1) \times pdb + i - 1]$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$b [(i - 1) \times pdb + j - 1]$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

On entry: the

n \times r

right-hand side matrix

B

11: $pdb$ – Integer Input

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array b.

Constraints:

if $order = Nag_ColMajor$ , $pdb \geq \max (1, n)$ ;
if $order = Nag_RowMajor$ , $pdb \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .

12: $x [\dim]$ – double Input/Output

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array x must be at least

$\max (1, pdx \times nrhs)$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$\max (1, n \times pdx)$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

The

(i, j)

th element of the matrix

X

is stored in

$x [(j - 1) \times pdx + i - 1]$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$x [(i - 1) \times pdx + j - 1]$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

On entry: the

n \times r

solution matrix

X

, as returned by f07mec.

On exit: the improved solution matrix

X

13: $pdx$ – Integer Input

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array x.

Constraints:

if $order = Nag_ColMajor$ , $pdx \geq \max (1, n)$ ;
if $order = Nag_RowMajor$ , $pdx \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .

14: $ferr [nrhs]$ – double Output

On exit:

ferr [j - 1]

contains an estimated error bound for the

j

th solution vector, that is, the

j

th column of

X

, for

j = 1, 2, \dots, r

15: $berr [nrhs]$ – double Output

On exit:

berr [j - 1]

contains the component-wise backward error bound

β

for the

j

th solution vector, that is, the

j

th column of

X

, for

j = 1, 2, \dots, r

16: $fail$ – NagError * Input/Output

The NAG error argument (see Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library CL Interface).

6 Error 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 $⟨ value ⟩$ had an illegal value.
NE_INT: On entry, $n = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .

On entry, $nrhs = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $nrhs \geq 0$ .

On entry, $pda = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pda > 0$ .

On entry, $pdaf = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdaf > 0$ .

On entry, $pdb = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdb > 0$ .

On entry, $pdx = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdx > 0$ .
NE_INT_2: On entry, $pda = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $n = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pda \geq \max (1, n)$ .

On entry, $pdaf = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $n = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdaf \geq \max (1, n)$ .

On entry, $pdb = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $n = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdb \geq \max (1, n)$ .

On entry, $pdb = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $nrhs = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdb \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .

On entry, $pdx = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $n = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdx \geq \max (1, n)$ .

On entry, $pdx = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $nrhs = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $pdx \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .
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.

7 Accuracy

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.

8 Parallelism and Performance

Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.

f07mhc is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.

f07mhc 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.

9 Further Comments

For each right-hand side, computation of the backward error involves a minimum of

4 n^{2}

floating-point operations. Each step of iterative refinement involves an additional

6 n^{2}

operations. 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

A x = b

; the number is usually

4

5

and never more than

11

. Each solution involves approximately

2 n^{2}

operations.

The complex analogues of this function are f07mvc for Hermitian matrices and f07nvc for symmetric matrices.

10 Example

This example solves the system of equations

A X = B

using iterative refinement and to compute the forward and backward error bounds, where

A = (\begin{matrix} 2.07 & 3.87 & 4.20 & - 1.15 \\ 3.87 & - 0.21 & 1.87 & 0.63 \\ 4.20 & 1.87 & 1.15 & 2.06 \\ - 1.15 & 0.63 & 2.06 & - 1.81 \end{matrix}) and B = (\begin{matrix} - 9.50 & 27.85 \\ - 8.38 & 9.90 \\ - 6.07 & 19.25 \\ - 0.96 & 3.93 \end{matrix}) .

Here

A

is symmetric indefinite and must first be factorized by f07mdc.

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NAG CL Interfacef07mhc (dsyrfs)

▸▿ 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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