NAG CL Interface
f11xac (real_​gen_​matvec)

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1 Purpose

f11xac computes a matrix-vector or transposed matrix-vector product involving a real sparse nonsymmetric matrix stored in coordinate storage format.

2 Specification

#include <nag.h>
void  f11xac (Nag_TransType trans, Integer n, Integer nnz, const double a[], const Integer irow[], const Integer icol[], Nag_SparseNsym_CheckData check, const double x[], double y[], NagError *fail)
The function may be called by the names: f11xac, nag_sparse_real_gen_matvec or nag_sparse_nsym_matvec.

3 Description

f11xac computes either the matrix-vector product y=Ax, or the transposed matrix-vector product y=ATx, according to the value of the argument trans, where A is an n×n sparse nonsymmetric matrix, of arbitrary sparsity pattern. The matrix A is stored in coordinate storage (CS) format (see Section 2.1.1 in the F11 Chapter Introduction). The array a stores all nonzero elements of A, while arrays irow and icol store the corresponding row and column indices respectively.
It is envisaged that a common use of f11xac will be to compute the matrix-vector product required in the application of f11bec to sparse linear systems. An illustration of this usage appears in Section 10 in f11ddc.

4 References

None.

5 Arguments

1: trans Nag_TransType Input
On entry: specifies whether or not the matrix A is transposed.
trans=Nag_NoTrans
y=Ax is computed.
trans=Nag_Trans
y=ATx is computed.
Constraint: trans=Nag_NoTrans or Nag_Trans.
2: n Integer Input
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A.
Constraint: n1.
3: nnz Integer Input
On entry: the number of nonzero elements in the matrix A.
Constraint: 1nnzn2.
4: a[nnz] const double Input
On entry: the nonzero elements in the matrix A, ordered by increasing row index, and by increasing column index within each row. Multiple entries for the same row and column indices are not permitted. The function f11zac may be used to order the elements in this way.
5: irow[nnz] const Integer Input
6: icol[nnz] const Integer Input
On entry: the row and column indices of the nonzero elements supplied in array a.
Constraints:
irow and icol must satisfy the following constraints (which may be imposed by a call to f11zac):
  • 1irow[i]n and 1icol[i]n, for i=0,1,,nnz-1;
  • irow[i-1]<irow[i] or irow[i-1]=irow[i] and icol[i-1]<icol[i], for i=1,2,,nnz-1.
7: check Nag_SparseNsym_CheckData Input
On entry: specifies whether or not the CS representation of the matrix A, values of n, nnz, irow and icol should be checked.
check=Nag_SparseNsym_Check
Checks are carried on the values of n, nnz, irow and icol.
check=Nag_SparseNsym_NoCheck
None of these checks are carried out.
See also Section 9.2.
Constraint: check=Nag_SparseNsym_Check or Nag_SparseNsym_NoCheck.
8: x[n] const double Input
On entry: the vector x.
9: y[n] double Output
On exit: the vector y.
10: 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

A nonzero element has been supplied which does not lie within the matrix A, is out of order, or has duplicate row and column indices. Consider calling f11zac to reorder and sum or remove duplicates.
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: n1.
On entry, nnz=value.
Constraint: nnz1.
NE_INT_2
On entry, nnz=value and n=value.
Constraint: nnzn2.
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_INVALID_CS
On entry, i=value, icol[i-1]=value and n=value.
Constraint: icol[i-1]1 and icol[i-1]n.
On entry, i=value, irow[i-1]=value and n=value.
Constraint: irow[i-1]1 and irow[i-1]n.
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.
NE_NOT_STRICTLY_INCREASING
On entry, a[i-1] is out of order: i=value.
On entry, the location (irow[I-1],icol[I-1]) is a duplicate: I=value.

7 Accuracy

The computed vector y satisfies the error bound: where c(n) is a modest linear function of n, and ε is the machine precision.

8 Parallelism and Performance

Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.
f11xac is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
f11xac 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

9.1 Timing

The time taken for a call to f11xac is proportional to nnz.

9.2 Use of check

It is expected that a common use of f11xac will be to compute the matrix-vector product required in the application of f11bec to sparse linear systems. In this situation f11xac is likely to be called many times with the same matrix A. In the interests of both reliability and efficiency you are recommended to set check=Nag_SparseNsym_Check for the first of such calls, and to set check=Nag_SparseNsym_NoCheck for all subsequent calls.

10 Example

This example reads in a sparse matrix A and a vector x. It then calls f11xac to compute the matrix-vector product y=Ax and the transposed matrix-vector product y=ATx.

10.1 Program Text

Program Text (f11xace.c)

10.2 Program Data

Program Data (f11xace.d)

10.3 Program Results

Program Results (f11xace.r)