NAG CL Interface
f01jgc (real_​gen_​matrix_​cond_​exp)

1 Purpose

f01jgc computes an estimate of the relative condition number κexpA of the exponential of a real n by n matrix A, in the 1-norm. The matrix exponential eA is also returned.

2 Specification

#include <nag.h>
void  f01jgc (Integer n, double a[], Integer pda, double *condea, NagError *fail)
The function may be called by the names: f01jgc or nag_matop_real_gen_matrix_cond_exp.

3 Description

The Fréchet derivative of the matrix exponential of A is the unique linear mapping ELA,E such that for any matrix E
eA+E - e A - LA,E = oE .  
The derivative describes the first-order effect of perturbations in A on the exponential eA.
The relative condition number of the matrix exponential can be defined by
κexpA = LA A expA ,  
where LA is the norm of the Fréchet derivative of the matrix exponential at A.
To obtain the estimate of κexpA, f01jgc first estimates LA by computing an estimate γ of a quantity Kn-1LA1,nLA1, such that γK.
The algorithms used to compute κexpA are detailed in the Al–Mohy and Higham (2009a) and Al–Mohy and Higham (2009b).
The matrix exponential eA is computed using a Padé approximant and the scaling and squaring method. The Padé approximant is differentiated to obtain the Fréchet derivatives LA,E which are used to estimate the condition number.

4 References

Al–Mohy A H and Higham N J (2009a) A new scaling and squaring algorithm for the matrix exponential SIAM J. Matrix Anal. 31(3) 970–989
Al–Mohy A H and Higham N J (2009b) Computing the Fréchet derivative of the matrix exponential, with an application to condition number estimation SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 30(4) 1639–1657
Higham N J (2008) Functions of Matrices: Theory and Computation SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Moler C B and Van Loan C F (2003) Nineteen dubious ways to compute the exponential of a matrix, twenty-five years later SIAM Rev. 45 3–49

5 Arguments

1: n Integer Input
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A.
Constraint: n0.
2: a[dim] double Input/Output
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array a must be at least pda×n.
The i,jth element of the matrix A is stored in a[j-1×pda+i-1].
On entry: the n by n matrix A.
On exit: the n by n matrix exponential eA.
3: pda Integer Input
On entry: the stride separating matrix row elements in the array a.
Constraint: pdan.
4: condea double * Output
On exit: an estimate of the relative condition number of the matrix exponential κexpA.
5: 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

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: n0.
NE_INT_2
On entry, pda=value and n=value.
Constraint: pdan.
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_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_SINGULAR
The linear equations to be solved for the Padé approximant are singular; it is likely that this function has been called incorrectly.
NW_SOME_PRECISION_LOSS
eA has been computed using an IEEE double precision Padé approximant, although the arithmetic precision is higher than IEEE double precision.

7 Accuracy

f01jgc uses the norm estimation function f04ydc to produce an estimate γ of a quantity Kn-1LA1,nLA1, such that γK. For further details on the accuracy of norm estimation, see the documentation for f04ydc.
For a normal matrix A (for which ATA=AAT) the computed matrix, eA, is guaranteed to be close to the exact matrix, that is, the method is forward stable. No such guarantee can be given for non-normal matrices. See Section 10.3 of Higham (2008) for details and further discussion.
For further discussion of the condition of the matrix exponential see Section 10.2 of Higham (2008).

8 Parallelism and Performance

f01jgc is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
f01jgc 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

f01jac uses a similar algorithm to f01jgc to compute an estimate of the absolute condition number (which is related to the relative condition number by a factor of A/expA). However, the required Fréchet derivatives are computed in a more efficient and stable manner by f01jgc and so its use is recommended over f01jac.
The cost of the algorithm is On3 and the real allocatable memory required is approximately 15n2; see Al–Mohy and Higham (2009a) and Al–Mohy and Higham (2009b) for further details.
If the matrix exponential alone is required, without an estimate of the condition number, then f01ecc should be used. If the Fréchet derivative of the matrix exponential is required then f01jhc should be used.
As well as the excellent book Higham (2008), the classic reference for the computation of the matrix exponential is Moler and Van Loan (2003).

10 Example

This example estimates the relative condition number of the matrix exponential eA, where
A = 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 3 3 .  

10.1 Program Text

Program Text (f01jgce.c)

10.2 Program Data

Program Data (f01jgce.d)

10.3 Program Results

Program Results (f01jgce.r)