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# NAG Library Routine DocumentF04DHF

Note:  before using this routine, please read the Users' Note for your implementation to check the interpretation of bold italicised terms and other implementation-dependent details.

## 1  Purpose

F04DHF computes the solution to a complex system of linear equations $AX=B$, where $A$ is an $n$ by $n$ complex symmetric matrix and $X$ and $B$ are $n$ by $r$ matrices. An estimate of the condition number of $A$ and an error bound for the computed solution are also returned.

## 2  Specification

 SUBROUTINE F04DHF ( UPLO, N, NRHS, A, LDA, IPIV, B, LDB, RCOND, ERRBND, IFAIL)
 INTEGER N, NRHS, LDA, IPIV(N), LDB, IFAIL REAL (KIND=nag_wp) RCOND, ERRBND COMPLEX (KIND=nag_wp) A(LDA,*), B(LDB,*) CHARACTER(1) UPLO

## 3  Description

The diagonal pivoting method is used to factor $A$ as $A=UD{U}^{\mathrm{T}}$, if ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'U'}$, or $A=LD{L}^{\mathrm{T}}$, if ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'L'}$, where $U$ (or $L$) is a product of permutation and unit upper (lower) triangular matrices, and $D$ is symmetric and block diagonal with $1$ by $1$ and $2$ by $2$ diagonal blocks. The factored form of $A$ is then used to solve the system of equations $AX=B$.

## 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
Higham N J (2002) Accuracy and Stability of Numerical Algorithms (2nd Edition) SIAM, Philadelphia

## 5  Parameters

1:     UPLO – CHARACTER(1)Input
On entry: if ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'U'}$, the upper triangle of the matrix $A$ is stored.
If ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'L'}$, the lower triangle of the matrix $A$ is stored.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'U'}$ or $\text{'L'}$.
2:     N – INTEGERInput
On entry: the number of linear equations $n$, i.e., the order of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{N}}\ge 0$.
3:     NRHS – INTEGERInput
On entry: the number of right-hand sides $r$, i.e., the number of columns of the matrix $B$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{NRHS}}\ge 0$.
4:     A(LDA,$*$) – COMPLEX (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput/Output
Note: the second dimension of the array A must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{N}}\right)$.
On entry: the $n$ by $n$ complex symmetric matrix $A$.
If ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'U'}$, the leading N by N upper triangular part of the array A contains the upper triangular part of the matrix $A$, and the strictly lower triangular part of A is not referenced.
If ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'L'}$, the leading N by N lower triangular part of the array A contains the lower triangular part of the matrix $A$, and the strictly upper triangular part of A is not referenced.
On exit: if ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}\ge {\mathbf{0}}$, the block diagonal matrix $D$ and the multipliers used to obtain the factor $U$ or $L$ from the factorization $A=UD{U}^{\mathrm{T}}$ or $A=LD{L}^{\mathrm{T}}$ as computed by F07NRF (ZSYTRF).
5:     LDA – INTEGERInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array A as declared in the (sub)program from which F04DHF is called.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{LDA}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{N}}\right)$.
6:     IPIV(N) – INTEGER arrayOutput
On exit: if ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}\ge {\mathbf{0}}$, details of the interchanges and the block structure of $D$, as determined by F07NRF (ZSYTRF).
• If ${\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k\right)>0$, then rows and columns $k$ and ${\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k\right)$ were interchanged, and ${d}_{kk}$ is a $1$ by $1$ diagonal block;
• if ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'U'}$ and ${\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k\right)={\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k-1\right)<0$, then rows and columns $k-1$ and $-{\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k\right)$ were interchanged and ${d}_{k-1:k,k-1:k}$ is a $2$ by $2$ diagonal block;
• if ${\mathbf{UPLO}}=\text{'L'}$ and ${\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k\right)={\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k+1\right)<0$, then rows and columns $k+1$ and $-{\mathbf{IPIV}}\left(k\right)$ were interchanged and ${d}_{k:k+1,k:k+1}$ is a $2$ by $2$ diagonal block.
7:     B(LDB,$*$) – COMPLEX (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput/Output
Note: the second dimension of the array B must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{NRHS}}\right)$.
On entry: the $n$ by $r$ matrix of right-hand sides $B$.
On exit: if ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}={\mathbf{0}}$ or $\mathbf{N}+{\mathbf{1}}$, the $n$ by $r$ solution matrix $X$.
8:     LDB – INTEGERInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array B as declared in the (sub)program from which F04DHF is called.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{LDB}}\ge \mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{N}}\right)$.
9:     RCOND – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Output
On exit: if no constraints are violated, an estimate of the reciprocal of the condition number of the matrix $A$, computed as ${\mathbf{RCOND}}=1/\left({‖A‖}_{1}{‖{A}^{-1}‖}_{1}\right)$.
10:   ERRBND – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Output
On exit: if ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}={\mathbf{0}}$ or $\mathbf{N}+{\mathbf{1}}$, an estimate of the forward error bound for a computed solution $\stackrel{^}{x}$, such that ${‖\stackrel{^}{x}-x‖}_{1}/{‖x‖}_{1}\le {\mathbf{ERRBND}}$, where $\stackrel{^}{x}$ is a column of the computed solution returned in the array B and $x$ is the corresponding column of the exact solution $X$. If RCOND is less than machine precision, then ERRBND is returned as unity.
11:   IFAIL – INTEGERInput/Output
On entry: IFAIL must be set to $0$, $-1\text{​ or ​}1$. If you are unfamiliar with this parameter you should refer to Section 3.3 in the Essential Introduction for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $-1\text{​ or ​}1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this parameter, the recommended value is $0$. When the value $-\mathbf{1}\text{​ or ​}\mathbf{1}$ is used it is essential to test the value of IFAIL on exit.
On exit: ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}={\mathbf{0}}$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

## 6  Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}={\mathbf{0}}$ or $-{\mathbf{1}}$, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by X04AAF).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
If ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}=-i$, the $i$th argument had an illegal value.
${\mathbf{IFAIL}}=-999$
Allocation of memory failed. The real allocatable memory required is N, and the complex allocatable memory required is $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(2×{\mathbf{N}},{\mathbf{LWORK}}\right)$, where LWORK is the optimum workspace required by F07NNF (ZSYSV). If this failure occurs it may be possible to solve the equations by calling the packed storage version of F04DHF, F04DJF, or by calling F07NNF (ZSYSV) directly with less than the optimum workspace (see Chapter F07).
If ${\mathbf{IFAIL}}=i$, ${d}_{ii}$ is exactly zero. The factorization has been completed, but the block diagonal matrix $D$ is exactly singular, so the solution could not be computed.
${\mathbf{IFAIL}}={\mathbf{N}}+1$
RCOND is less than machine precision, so that the matrix $A$ is numerically singular. A solution to the equations $AX=B$ has nevertheless been computed.

## 7  Accuracy

The computed solution for a single right-hand side, $\stackrel{^}{x}$, satisfies an equation of the form
 $A+E x^ = b ,$
where
 $E1 = Oε A1$
and $\epsilon$ is the machine precision. An approximate error bound for the computed solution is given by
 $x^-x1 x1 ≤ κA E1 A1 ,$
where $\kappa \left(A\right)={‖{A}^{-1}‖}_{1}{‖A‖}_{1}$, the condition number of $A$ with respect to the solution of the linear equations. F04DHF uses the approximation ${‖E‖}_{1}=\epsilon {‖A‖}_{1}$ to estimate ERRBND. See Section 4.4 of Anderson et al. (1999) for further details.

The total number of floating point operations required to solve the equations $AX=B$ is proportional to $\left(\frac{1}{3}{n}^{3}+2{n}^{2}r\right)$. The condition number estimation typically requires between four and five solves and never more than eleven solves, following the factorization.
In practice the condition number estimator is very reliable, but it can underestimate the true condition number; see Section 15.3 of Higham (2002) for further details.
Routine F04CHF is for complex Hermitian matrices, and the real analogue of F04DHF is F04BHF.

## 9  Example

This example solves the equations
 $AX=B,$
where $A$ is the symmetric indefinite matrix
 $A= -0.56+0.12i -1.54-2.86i 5.32-1.59i 3.80+0.92i -1.54-2.86i -2.83-0.03i -3.52+0.58i -7.86-2.96i 5.32-1.59i -3.52+0.58i 8.86+1.81i 5.14-0.64i 3.80+0.92i -7.86-2.96i 5.14-0.64i -0.39-0.71i$
and
 $B= -6.43+19.24i -4.59-35.53i -0.49-01.47i 6.95+20.49i -48.18+66.00i -12.08-27.02i -55.64+41.22i -19.09-35.97i .$
An estimate of the condition number of $A$ and an approximate error bound for the computed solutions are also printed.

### 9.1  Program Text

Program Text (f04dhfe.f90)

### 9.2  Program Data

Program Data (f04dhfe.d)

### 9.3  Program Results

Program Results (f04dhfe.r)