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f07fdf (dpotrf)

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1 Purpose

f07fdf computes the Cholesky factorization of a real symmetric positive definite matrix.

2 Specification

Fortran Interface
Subroutine f07fdf ( uplo, n, a, lda, info)
Integer, Intent (In) :: n, lda
Integer, Intent (Out) :: info
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Inout) :: a(lda,*)
Character (1), Intent (In) :: uplo
C Header Interface
#include <nag.h>
void  f07fdf_ (const char *uplo, const Integer *n, double a[], const Integer *lda, Integer *info, const Charlen length_uplo)
The routine may be called by the names f07fdf, nagf_lapacklin_dpotrf or its LAPACK name dpotrf.

3 Description

f07fdf forms the Cholesky factorization of a real symmetric positive definite matrix A either as A=UTU if uplo='U' or A=LLT if uplo='L', where U is an upper triangular matrix and L is lower triangular.

4 References

Demmel J W (1989) On floating-point errors in Cholesky LAPACK Working Note No. 14 University of Tennessee, Knoxville https://www.netlib.org/lapack/lawnspdf/lawn14.pdf
Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

5 Arguments

1: uplo Character(1) Input
On entry: specifies whether the upper or lower triangular part of A is stored and how A is to be factorized.
uplo='U'
The upper triangular part of A is stored and A is factorized as UTU, where U is upper triangular.
uplo='L'
The lower triangular part of A is stored and A is factorized as LLT, where L is lower triangular.
Constraint: uplo='U' or 'L'.
2: n Integer Input
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A.
Constraint: n0.
3: a(lda,*) Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output
Note: the second dimension of the array a must be at least max(1,n).
On entry: the n×n symmetric positive definite matrix A.
  • If uplo='U', the upper triangular part of A must be stored and the elements of the array below the diagonal are not referenced.
  • If uplo='L', the lower triangular part of A must be stored and the elements of the array above the diagonal are not referenced.
On exit: the upper or lower triangle of A is overwritten by the Cholesky factor U or L as specified by uplo.
4: lda Integer Input
On entry: the first dimension of the array a as declared in the (sub)program from which f07fdf is called.
Constraint: ldamax(1,n).
5: info Integer Output
On exit: info=0 unless the routine detects an error (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

info<0
If info=-i, argument i had an illegal value. An explanatory message is output, and execution of the program is terminated.
info>0
The leading minor of order value is not positive definite and the factorization could not be completed. Hence A itself is not positive definite. This may indicate an error in forming the matrix A. To factorize a symmetric matrix which is not positive definite, call f07mdf instead.

7 Accuracy

If uplo='U', the computed factor U is the exact factor of a perturbed matrix A+E, where
|E|c(n)ε|UT||U| ,  
c(n) is a modest linear function of n, and ε is the machine precision. If uplo='L', a similar statement holds for the computed factor L. It follows that |eij|c(n)εaiiajj.

8 Parallelism and Performance

Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.
f07fdf is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
f07fdf 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 total number of floating-point operations is approximately 13n3.
A call to f07fdf may be followed by calls to the routines:
The complex analogue of this routine is f07frf.

10 Example

This example computes the Cholesky factorization of the matrix A, where
A= ( 4.16 -3.12 0.56 -0.10 -3.12 5.03 -0.83 1.18 0.56 -0.83 0.76 0.34 -0.10 1.18 0.34 1.18 ) .  

10.1 Program Text

Program Text (f07fdfe.f90)

10.2 Program Data

Program Data (f07fdfe.d)

10.3 Program Results

Program Results (f07fdfe.r)