NAG FL Interface
d02gbf (bvp_​fd_​lin_​gen)

1 Purpose

d02gbf solves a general linear two-point boundary value problem for a system of ordinary differential equations, using a deferred correction technique.

2 Specification

Fortran Interface
Subroutine d02gbf ( a, b, n, tol, fcnf, fcng, c, d, gam, mnp, x, y, np, w, lw, iw, liw, ifail)
Integer, Intent (In) :: n, mnp, lw, liw
Integer, Intent (Inout) :: np, ifail
Integer, Intent (Out) :: iw(liw)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In) :: a, b, tol
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Inout) :: c(n,n), d(n,n), gam(n), x(mnp)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Out) :: y(n,mnp), w(lw)
External :: fcnf, fcng
C Header Interface
#include <nag.h>
void  d02gbf_ (const double *a, const double *b, const Integer *n, const double *tol,
void (NAG_CALL *fcnf)(const double *x, double f[]),
void (NAG_CALL *fcng)(const double *x, double g[]),
double c[], double d[], double gam[], const Integer *mnp, double x[], double y[], Integer *np, double w[], const Integer *lw, Integer iw[], const Integer *liw, Integer *ifail)
The routine may be called by the names d02gbf or nagf_ode_bvp_fd_lin_gen.

3 Description

d02gbf solves a linear two-point boundary value problem for a system of n ordinary differential equations in the interval [a,b]. The system is written in the form
y=Fxy+gx (1)
and the boundary conditions are written in the form
Cya+Dyb=γ . (2)
Here Fx, C and D are n by n matrices, and gx and γ are n-component vectors. The approximate solution to (1) and (2) is found using a finite difference method with deferred correction. The algorithm is a specialization of that used in subroutine d02raf which solves a nonlinear version of (1) and (2). The nonlinear version of the algorithm is described fully in Pereyra (1979).
You supply an absolute error tolerance and may also supply an initial mesh for the construction of the finite difference equations (alternatively a default mesh is used). The algorithm constructs a solution on a mesh defined by adding points to the initial mesh. This solution is chosen so that the error is everywhere less than your tolerance and so that the error is approximately equidistributed on the final mesh. The solution is returned on this final mesh.
If the solution is required at a few specific points then these should be included in the initial mesh. If, on the other hand, the solution is required at several specific points, then you should use the interpolation routines provided in Chapter E01 if these points do not themselves form a convenient mesh.

4 References

Pereyra V (1979) PASVA3: An adaptive finite-difference Fortran program for first order nonlinear, ordinary boundary problems Codes for Boundary Value Problems in Ordinary Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (eds B Childs, M Scott, J W Daniel, E Denman and P Nelson) 76 Springer–Verlag

5 Arguments

1: a Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input
On entry: a, the left-hand boundary point.
2: b Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input
On entry: b, the right-hand boundary point.
Constraint: b>a.
3: n Integer Input
On entry: the number of equations; that is n is the order of system (1).
Constraint: n2.
4: tol Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input
On entry: a positive absolute error tolerance. If
a=x1<x2<<xnp=b  
is the final mesh, zx is the approximate solution from d02gbf and yx is the true solution of equations (1) and (2) then, except in extreme cases, it is expected that
z-ytol (3)
where
u = max 1in max 1jnp uixj .  
Constraint: tol>0.0.
5: fcnf Subroutine, supplied by the user. External Procedure
fcnf must evaluate the matrix Fx in (1) at a general point x.
The specification of fcnf is:
Fortran Interface
Subroutine fcnf ( x, f)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In) :: x
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Out) :: f(*)
C Header Interface
void  fcnf_ (const double *x, double f[])
In the description of the arguments of d02gbf below, n denotes the actual value of n in the call of d02gbf.
1: x Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input
On entry: x, the value of the independent variable.
2: f* Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Output
On exit: fn×i-1+j must contain the i,jth element of the matrix Fx, for i=1,2,,n and j=1,2,,n. (See Section 10 for an example.)
fcnf must either be a module subprogram USEd by, or declared as EXTERNAL in, the (sub)program from which d02gbf is called. Arguments denoted as Input must not be changed by this procedure.
Note: fcnf should not return floating-point NaN (Not a Number) or infinity values, since these are not handled by d02gbf. If your code inadvertently does return any NaNs or infinities, d02gbf is likely to produce unexpected results.
6: fcng Subroutine, supplied by the user. External Procedure
fcng must evaluate the vector gx in (1) at a general point x.
The specification of fcng is:
Fortran Interface
Subroutine fcng ( x, g)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In) :: x
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Out) :: g(*)
C Header Interface
void  fcng_ (const double *x, double g[])
In the description of the arguments of d02gbf below, n denotes the actual value of n in the call of d02gbf.
1: x Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input
On entry: x, the value of the independent variable.
2: g* Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Output
On exit: the ith element of the vector gx, for i=1,2,,n. (See Section 10 for an example.)
fcng must either be a module subprogram USEd by, or declared as EXTERNAL in, the (sub)program from which d02gbf is called. Arguments denoted as Input must not be changed by this procedure.
Note: fcng should not return floating-point NaN (Not a Number) or infinity values, since these are not handled by d02gbf. If your code inadvertently does return any NaNs or infinities, d02gbf is likely to produce unexpected results.
7: cnn Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output
8: dnn Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output
9: gamn Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output
On entry: the arrays c and d must be set to the matrices C and D in (2)). gam must be set to the vector γ in (2).
On exit: the rows of c and d and the components of gam are reordered so that the boundary conditions are in the order:
  1. (i)conditions on ya only;
  2. (ii)condition involving ya and yb; and
  3. (iii)conditions on yb only.
The routine will be slightly more efficient if the arrays c, d and gam are ordered in this way before entry, and in this event they will be unchanged on exit.
Note that the problems (1) and (2) must be of boundary value type, that is neither C nor D may be identically zero. Note also that the rank of the matrix C,D must be n for the problem to be properly posed. Any violation of these conditions will lead to an error exit.
10: mnp Integer Input
On entry: the maximum permitted number of mesh points.
Constraint: mnp32.
11: xmnp Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output
On entry: if np4 (see np), the first np elements must define an initial mesh. Otherwise the elements of x need not be set.
Constraint:
a=x1<x2<<xnp=b,   np4 . (4)
On exit: x1,x2,,xnp define the final mesh (with the returned value of np) satisfying the relation (4).
12: ynmnp Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Output
On exit: the approximate solution zx satisfying (3), on the final mesh, that is
yji=zjxi,  i=1,2,,np​ and ​j=1,2,,n  
where np is the number of points in the final mesh.
The remaining columns of y are not used.
13: np Integer Input/Output
On entry: determines whether a default mesh or user-supplied mesh is used.
np=0
A default value of 4 for np and a corresponding equispaced mesh x1,x2,,xnp are used.
np4
You must define an initial mesh x as in (4).
On exit: the number of points in the final (returned) mesh.
14: wlw Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Workspace
15: lw Integer Input
On entry: the dimension of the array w as declared in the (sub)program from which d02gbf is called.
Constraint: lwmnp×3n2+5n+2+3n2+5n.
16: iwliw Integer array Workspace
17: liw Integer Input
On entry: the dimension of the array iw as declared in the (sub)program from which d02gbf is called.
Constraint: liwmnp×2n+1+n.
18: ifail Integer Input/Output
For this routine, the normal use of ifail is extended to control the printing of error and warning messages as well as specifying hard or soft failure (see Section 4 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface).
On entry: ifail must be set to a value with the decimal expansion cba, where each of the decimal digits c, b and a must have a value of 0 or 1.
a=0 specifies hard failure, otherwise soft failure;
b=0 suppresses error messages, otherwise error messages will be printed (see Section 6);
c=0 suppresses warning messages, otherwise warning messages will be printed (see Section 6).
The recommended value for inexperienced users is 110 (i.e., hard failure with all messages printed).
On exit: ifail=0 unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry ifail=0 or -1, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
ifail=1
On entry, a=value and b=value.
Constraint: b>a.
On entry, liw=value.
Constraint: liwmnp×2×n+1+n; that is, value.
On entry, lw=value.
Constraint: lwmnp×3×n2+5×n+2+3×n2+5×n; that is, value.
On entry, mnp=value.
Constraint: mnp32.
On entry, n=value.
Constraint: n2.
On entry, np=value.
Constraint: np=0 or np4.
On entry, np=value and mnp=value.
Constraint: npmnp.
On entry, tol=value.
Constraint: tol>0.0.
On entry: a=value and x1=value.
Constraint: a=x1<x2<<xnp=b,   np4.
On entry: b=value and xnp=value.
Constraint: a=x1<x2<<xnp=b,   np4.
The sequence x is not strictly increasing. For i=value, xi=value and xi+1=value.
ifail=2
c is identically zero; n conditions are set in d.
At least one condition must be on the left. n=value.
d is identically zero; n conditions are set in c.
At least one condition must be on the right. n=value.
More than n columns of the n by 2×n matrix C,D are identically zero, i.e., the boundary conditions are rank deficient. The number of non-identically zero columns is value.
Row value of the array c and the corresponding row of array d are identically zero, i.e., the boundary conditions are rank deficient.
ifail=3
A finer mesh is required for the accuracy requested; that is, mnp is not large enough.
Newton iteration has reached round-off level.
If desired accuracy has not been reached, tol is too small for this problem and this machine precision.
The Newton iteration has failed to converge.
This could be due to there being too few points in the initial mesh or to the initial approximate solution being too inaccurate. If this latter reason is suspected or you cannot make changes to prevent this error, you should use the routine with a continuation facility instead.
ifail=4
A serious error occurred in a call to the internal integrator.
The error code internally was value. Please contact NAG.
ifail=5
At least one row of the n by 2×n matrix C,D is a linear combination of the other rows, i.e., the boundary conditions are rank deficient. The index of the first such row is value.
At least one row of the n by 2×n matrix C,D is a linear combination of the other rows determined up to a numerical tolerance, i.e., the boundary conditions are rank deficient. The index of first such row is value.
There are two possible reasons for this error exit which occurs when checking the rank of the boundary conditions by reduction to a row echelon form:
  1. (i)at least one row of the n by 2n matrix C,D is a linear combination of the other rows and hence the boundary conditions are rank deficient. The index of the first such row encountered is given by iw1 on exit; and
  2. (ii)as (i) but the rank deficiency implied by this error exit has only been determined up to a numerical tolerance. Minus the index of the first such row encountered is given by iw1 on exit.
In case (ii) there is some doubt as to the rank deficiency of the boundary conditions. However even if the boundary conditions are not rank deficient they are not posed in a suitable form for use with this routine.
For example, if
C= 1 0 1 ε ,  D= 1 0 1 0 ,  γ= γ1 γ2  
and ε is small enough, this error exit is likely to be taken. A better form for the boundary conditions in this case would be
C= 1 0 0 1 ,  D= 1 0 0 0 ,  γ= γ1 ε-1γ2-γ1 .  
ifail=-99
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
ifail=-399
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
ifail=-999
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

The solution returned by the routine will be accurate to your tolerance as defined by the relation (3) except in extreme circumstances. If too many points are specified in the initial mesh, the solution may be more accurate than requested and the error may not be approximately equidistributed.

8 Parallelism and Performance

d02gbf is not thread safe and should not be called from a multithreaded user program. Please see Section 1 in FL Interface Multithreading for more information on thread safety.
d02gbf 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 routine. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

9 Further Comments

The time taken by d02gbf depends on the difficulty of the problem, the number of mesh points (and meshes) used and the number of deferred corrections.
You are strongly recommended to set ifail to obtain self-explanatory error messages, and also monitoring information about the course of the computation. You may select the unit numbers on which this output is to appear by calls of x04aaf (for error messages) or x04abf (for monitoring information) – see Section 10 for an example. Otherwise the default unit numbers will be used, as specified in the Users' Note.
In the case where you wish to solve a sequence of similar problems, the final mesh from solving one case is strongly recommended as the initial mesh for the next.

10 Example

This example solves the problem (written as a first-order system)
ε y+y=0  
with boundary conditions
y0=0,  y1=1  
for the cases ε=10-1 and ε=10-2 using the default initial mesh in the first case, and the final mesh of the first case as initial mesh for the second (more difficult) case. We give the solution and the error at each mesh point to illustrate the accuracy of the method given the accuracy request tol=1.0E−3.
Note the call to x04abf prior to the call to d02gbf.

10.1 Program Text

Program Text (d02gbfe.f90)

10.2 Program Data

Program Data (d02gbfe.d)

10.3 Program Results

Program Results (d02gbfe.r)
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