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# NAG Library Function Documentnag_zpttrs (f07jsc)

## 1  Purpose

nag_zpttrs (f07jsc) computes the solution to a complex system of linear equations $AX=B$, where $A$ is an $n$ by $n$ Hermitian positive definite tridiagonal matrix and $X$ and $B$ are $n$ by $r$ matrices, using the $LD{L}^{\mathrm{H}}$ factorization returned by nag_zpttrf (f07jrc).

## 2  Specification

 #include #include
 void nag_zpttrs (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_UploType uplo, Integer n, Integer nrhs, const double d[], const Complex e[], Complex b[], Integer pdb, NagError *fail)

## 3  Description

nag_zpttrs (f07jsc) should be preceded by a call to nag_zpttrf (f07jrc), which computes a modified Cholesky factorization of the matrix $A$ as
 $A=LDLH ,$
where $L$ is a unit lower bidiagonal matrix and $D$ is a diagonal matrix, with positive diagonal elements. nag_zpttrs (f07jsc) then utilizes the factorization to solve the required equations. Note that the factorization may also be regarded as having the form ${U}^{\mathrm{H}}DU$, where $U$ is a unit upper bidiagonal matrix.

## 4  References

Anderson E, Bai Z, Bischof C, Blackford S, Demmel J, Dongarra J J, Du Croz J J, Greenbaum A, Hammarling S, McKenney A and Sorensen D (1999) LAPACK Users' Guide (3rd Edition) SIAM, Philadelphia http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lug

## 5  Arguments

1:     orderNag_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 ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$. See Section 3.2.1.3 in the Essential Introduction for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ or Nag_ColMajor.
2:     uploNag_UploTypeInput
On entry: specifies the form of the factorization as follows:
${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$
$A={U}^{\mathrm{H}}DU$.
${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$
$A=LD{L}^{\mathrm{H}}$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$.
3:     nIntegerInput
On entry: $n$, the order of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
4:     nrhsIntegerInput
On entry: $r$, the number of right-hand sides, i.e., the number of columns of the matrix $B$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{nrhs}}\ge 0$.
5:     d[$\mathit{dim}$]const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array d must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry: must contain the $n$ diagonal elements of the diagonal matrix $D$ from the $LD{L}^{\mathrm{H}}$ or ${U}^{\mathrm{H}}DU$ factorization of $A$.
6:     e[$\mathit{dim}$]const ComplexInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array e must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}-1\right)$.
On entry: if ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$, e must contain the $\left(n-1\right)$ superdiagonal elements of the unit upper bidiagonal matrix $U$ from the ${U}^{\mathrm{H}}DU$ factorization of $A$.
If ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$, e must contain the $\left(n-1\right)$ subdiagonal elements of the unit lower bidiagonal matrix $L$ from the $LD{L}^{\mathrm{H}}$ factorization of $A$.
7:     b[$\mathit{dim}$]ComplexInput/Output
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array b must be at least
• $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{pdb}}×{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$;
• $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}×{\mathbf{pdb}}\right)$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$.
The $\left(i,j\right)$th element of the matrix $B$ is stored in
• ${\mathbf{b}}\left[\left(j-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdb}}+i-1\right]$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$;
• ${\mathbf{b}}\left[\left(i-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdb}}+j-1\right]$ when ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$.
On entry: the $n$ by $r$ matrix of right-hand sides $B$.
On exit: the $n$ by $r$ solution matrix $X$.
8:     pdbIntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array b.
Constraints:
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$, ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$, ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$.
9:     failNagError *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.
On entry, argument $〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ had an illegal value.
NE_INT
On entry, ${\mathbf{n}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{nrhs}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{nrhs}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdb}}>0$.
NE_INT_2
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{n}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdb}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{nrhs}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdb}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{nrhs}}\right)$.
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.

## 7  Accuracy

The computed solution for a single right-hand side, $\stackrel{^}{x}$, satisfies an equation of the form
 $A+E x^=b ,$
where
 $E1 =OεA1$
and $\epsilon$ is the machine precision. An approximate error bound for the computed solution is given by
 $x^ - x 1 x1 ≤ κA E1 A1 ,$
where $\kappa \left(A\right)={‖{A}^{-1}‖}_{1}{‖A‖}_{1}$, the condition number of $A$ with respect to the solution of the linear equations. See Section 4.4 of Anderson et al. (1999) for further details.
Following the use of this function nag_zptcon (f07juc) can be used to estimate the condition number of $A$ and nag_zptrfs (f07jvc) can be used to obtain approximate error bounds.

## 8  Further Comments

The total number of floating point operations required to solve the equations $AX=B$ is proportional to $nr$.
The real analogue of this function is nag_dpttrs (f07jec).

## 9  Example

This example solves the equations
 $AX=B ,$
where $A$ is the Hermitian positive definite tridiagonal matrix
 $A = 16.0i+00.0 16.0-16.0i 0.0i+0.0 0.0i+0.0 16.0+16.0i 41.0i+00.0 18.0+9.0i 0.0i+0.0 0.0i+00.0 18.0-09.0i 46.0i+0.0 1.0+4.0i 0.0i+00.0 0.0i+00.0 1.0-4.0i 21.0i+0.0$
and
 $B = 64.0+16.0i -16.0-32.0i 93.0+62.0i 61.0-66.0i 78.0-80.0i 71.0-74.0i 14.0-27.0i 35.0+15.0i .$

### 9.1  Program Text

Program Text (f07jsce.c)

### 9.2  Program Data

Program Data (f07jsce.d)

### 9.3  Program Results

Program Results (f07jsce.r)