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F07MGF (DSYCON)

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.

+ Contents

    1  Purpose
    7  Accuracy

1  Purpose

F07MGF (DSYCON) estimates the condition number of a real symmetric indefinite matrix A, where A has been factorized by F07MDF (DSYTRF).

2  Specification

SUBROUTINE F07MGF ( UPLO, N, A, LDA, IPIV, ANORM, RCOND, WORK, IWORK, INFO)
INTEGER  N, LDA, IPIV(*), IWORK(N), INFO
REAL (KIND=nag_wp)  A(LDA,*), ANORM, RCOND, WORK(2*N)
CHARACTER(1)  UPLO
The routine may be called by its LAPACK name dsycon.

3  Description

F07MGF (DSYCON) estimates the condition number (in the 1-norm) of a real symmetric indefinite matrix A:
κ1A=A1A-11 .
Since A is symmetric, κ1A=κA=AA-1.
Because κ1A is infinite if A is singular, the routine actually returns an estimate of the reciprocal of κ1A.
The routine should be preceded by a call to F06RCF to compute A1 and a call to F07MDF (DSYTRF) to compute the Bunch–Kaufman factorization of A. The routine then uses Higham's implementation of Hager's method (see Higham (1988)) to estimate A-11.

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  Parameters

1:     UPLO – CHARACTER(1)Input
On entry: specifies how A has been factorized.
UPLO='U'
A=PUDUTPT, where U is upper triangular.
UPLO='L'
A=PLDLTPT, where L is lower triangular.
Constraint: UPLO='U' or 'L'.
2:     N – INTEGERInput
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A.
Constraint: N0.
3:     A(LDA,*) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput
Note: the second dimension of the array A must be at least max1,N.
On entry: details of the factorization of A, as returned by F07MDF (DSYTRF).
4:     LDA – INTEGERInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array A as declared in the (sub)program from which F07MGF (DSYCON) is called.
Constraint: LDAmax1,N.
5:     IPIV(*) – INTEGER arrayInput
Note: the dimension of the array IPIV must be at least max1,N.
On entry: details of the interchanges and the block structure of D, as returned by F07MDF (DSYTRF).
6:     ANORM – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Input
On entry: the 1-norm of the original matrix A, which may be computed by calling F06RCF with its parameter NORM='1'. ANORM must be computed either before calling F07MDF (DSYTRF) or else from a copy of the original matrix A.
Constraint: ANORM0.0.
7:     RCOND – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)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:     WORK(2×N) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayWorkspace
9:     IWORK(N) – INTEGER arrayWorkspace
10:   INFO – INTEGEROutput
On exit: INFO=0 unless the routine detects an error (see Section 6).

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
INFO<0
If INFO=-i, the ith parameter had an illegal value. An explanatory message is output, and execution of the program is terminated.

7  Accuracy

The computed estimate RCOND is never less than the true value ρ, and in practice is nearly always less than 10ρ, although examples can be constructed where RCOND is much larger.

8  Further Comments

A call to F07MGF (DSYCON) involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form Ax=b; the number is usually 4 or 5 and never more than 11. Each solution involves approximately 2n2 floating point operations but takes considerably longer than a call to F07MEF (DSYTRS) with one right-hand side, because extra care is taken to avoid overflow when A is approximately singular.
The complex analogues of this routine are F07MUF (ZHECON) for Hermitian matrices and F07NUF (ZSYCON) for symmetric matrices.

9  Example

This example estimates the condition number in the 1-norm (or -norm) of the matrix A, where
A= 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 .
Here A is symmetric indefinite and must first be factorized by F07MDF (DSYTRF). The true condition number in the 1-norm is 75.68.

9.1  Program Text

Program Text (f07mgfe.f90)

9.2  Program Data

Program Data (f07mgfe.d)

9.3  Program Results

Program Results (f07mgfe.r)


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