NAG Library Function Document

nag_zgecon (f07auc)

+− Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Further Comments

+− 9 Example

9.1 Program Text

9.2 Program Data

9.3 Program Results

1 Purpose

nag_zgecon (f07auc) estimates the condition number of a complex matrix

A

, where

A

has been factorized by nag_zgetrf (f07arc).

2 Specification

#include <nag.h>

#include <nagf07.h>

void	nag_zgecon (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_NormType norm, Integer n, const Complex a[], Integer pda, double anorm, double rcond, NagError fail)

3 Description

nag_zgecon (f07auc) estimates the condition number of a complex matrix

A

, in either the

1

-norm or the

\infty

-norm:

κ_{1} (A) = {‖A‖}_{1} {‖A^{- 1}‖}_{1} or κ_{\infty} (A) = {‖A‖}_{\infty} {‖A^{- 1}‖}_{\infty} .

Note that

κ_{\infty} (A) = κ_{1} (A^{H})

Because the condition number is infinite if

A

is singular, the function actually returns an estimate of the reciprocal of the condition number.

The function should be preceded by a call to nag_zge_norm (f16uac) to compute

{‖A‖}_{1}

{‖A‖}_{\infty}

, and a call to nag_zgetrf (f07arc) to compute the

L U

factorization of

A

. The function then uses Higham's implementation of Hager's method (see Higham (1988)) to estimate

{‖A^{- 1}‖}_{1}

{‖A^{- 1}‖}_{\infty}

4 References

Higham N J (1988) FORTRAN codes for estimating the one-norm of a real or complex matrix, with applications to condition estimation ACM Trans. Math. Software 14 381–396

5 Arguments

1: order – 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

order = Nag_RowMajor

. See Section 3.2.1.3 in the Essential Introduction for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.

Constraint:

order = Nag_RowMajor

or Nag_ColMajor.

2: norm – Nag_NormTypeInput

On entry: indicates whether

κ_{1} (A)

κ_{\infty} (A)

is estimated.

$norm = Nag_OneNorm$: $κ_{1} (A)$ is estimated.
$norm = Nag_InfNorm$: $κ_{\infty} (A)$ is estimated.

Constraint:

norm = Nag_OneNorm

Nag_InfNorm

3: n – IntegerInput

On entry:

n

, the order of the matrix

A

Constraint:

n \geq 0

4: a[ $\dim$ ] – const ComplexInput

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

\max (1, pda \times n)

The

(i, j)

th element of the matrix

A

is stored in

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

On entry: the

L U

factorization of

A

, as returned by nag_zgetrf (f07arc).

5: pda – IntegerInput

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

Constraint:

pda \geq \max (1, n)

6: anorm – doubleInput

On entry: if

norm = Nag_OneNorm

, the

1

-norm of the original matrix

A

norm = Nag_InfNorm

, the

\infty

-norm of the original matrix

A

anorm may be computed by calling nag_zge_norm (f16uac) with the same value for the argument norm.

anorm must be computed either before calling nag_zgetrf (f07arc) or else from a copy of the original matrix

A

(see Section 9).

Constraint:

anorm \geq 0.0

7: rcond – double *Output

On exit: an estimate of the reciprocal of the condition number of

A

. rcond is set to zero if exact singularity is detected or the estimate underflows. If rcond is less than machine precision,

A

is singular to working precision.

8: fail – NagError *Input/Output

The NAG error argument (see Section 3.6 in the Essential Introduction).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
NE_BAD_PARAM: On entry, argument $〈value〉$ had an illegal value.
NE_INT: On entry, $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .; On entry, $pda = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $pda > 0$ .
NE_INT_2: On entry, $pda = 〈value〉$ and $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $pda \geq \max (1, n)$ .
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.
NE_REAL: On entry, $anorm = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $anorm \geq 0.0$ .

7 Accuracy

The computed estimate rcond is never less than the true value

ρ

, and in practice is nearly always less than

10 ρ

, although examples can be constructed where rcond is much larger.

8 Further Comments

A call to nag_zgecon (f07auc) involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form

A x = b

A^{H} x = b

; the number is usually

5

and never more than

11

. Each solution involves approximately

8 n^{2}

real floating point operations but takes considerably longer than a call to nag_zgetrs (f07asc) with one right-hand side, because extra care is taken to avoid overflow when

A

is approximately singular.

The real analogue of this function is nag_dgecon (f07agc).

9 Example

This example estimates the condition number in the

1

-norm of the matrix

A

, where

A = (\begin{array}{r} - 1.34 + 2.55 i & 0.28 + 3.17 i & - 6.39 - 2.20 i & 0.72 - 0.92 i \\ - 0.17 - 1.41 i & 3.31 - 0.15 i & - 0.15 + 1.34 i & 1.29 + 1.38 i \\ - 3.29 - 2.39 i & - 1.91 + 4.42 i & - 0.14 - 1.35 i & 1.72 + 1.35 i \\ 2.41 + 0.39 i & - 0.56 + 1.47 i & - 0.83 - 0.69 i & - 1.96 + 0.67 i \end{array}) .

Here

A

is nonsymmetric and must first be factorized by nag_zgetrf (f07arc). The true condition number in the

1

-norm is

231.86

NAG Library Function Documentnag_zgecon (f07auc)

+− Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Further Comments

9 Example

9.1 Program Text

9.2 Program Data

9.3 Program Results

NAG Library Function Document

nag_zgecon (f07auc)