NAG Library Function Document

nag_zgesv (f07anc)

+− Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Further Comments

+− 9 Example

9.1 Program Text

9.2 Program Data

9.3 Program Results

1 Purpose

nag_zgesv (f07anc) computes the solution to a complex system of linear equations

A X = B,

where

A

is an

n

n

matrix and

X

and

B

are

n

r

matrices.

2 Specification

#include <nag.h>

#include <nagf07.h>

void	nag_zgesv (Nag_OrderType order, Integer n, Integer nrhs, Complex a[], Integer pda, Integer ipiv[], Complex b[], Integer pdb, NagError *fail)

3 Description

nag_zgesv (f07anc) uses the

L U

decomposition with partial pivoting and row interchanges to factor

A

A = P L U,

where

P

is a permutation matrix,

L

is unit lower triangular, and

U

is upper triangular. The factored form of

A

is then used to solve the system of equations

A X = 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

Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

5 Arguments

1: order – Nag_OrderTypeInput

On entry: the order argument specifies the two-dimensional storage scheme being used, i.e., row-major ordering or column-major ordering. C language defined storage is specified by

order = Nag_RowMajor

. See Section 3.2.1.3 in the Essential Introduction for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.

Constraint:

order = Nag_RowMajor

or Nag_ColMajor.

2: n – IntegerInput

On entry:

n

, the number of linear equations, i.e., the order of the matrix

A

Constraint:

n \geq 0

3: nrhs – IntegerInput

On entry:

r

, the number of right-hand sides, i.e., the number of columns of the matrix

B

Constraint:

nrhs \geq 0

4: a[ $\dim$ ] – ComplexInput/Output

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array a must be at least

\max (1, pda \times n)

The

(i, j)

th element of the matrix

A

is stored in

$a [(j - 1) \times pda + i - 1]$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$a [(i - 1) \times pda + j - 1]$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

On entry: the

n

n

matrix

A

On exit: the factors

L

and

U

from the factorization

A = P L U

; the unit diagonal elements of

L

are not stored.

5: pda – IntegerInput

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array a.

Constraint:

pda \geq \max (1, n)

6: ipiv[n] – IntegerOutput

On exit: if no constraints are violated, the pivot indices that define the permutation matrix

P

; at the

i

th step row

i

of the matrix was interchanged with row

ipiv [i - 1]

ipiv [i - 1] = i

indicates a row interchange was not required.

7: b[ $\dim$ ] – ComplexInput/Output

Note: the dimension, dim, of the array b must be at least

$\max (1, pdb \times nrhs)$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$\max (1, n \times pdb)$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

The

(i, j)

th element of the matrix

B

is stored in

$b [(j - 1) \times pdb + i - 1]$ when $order = Nag_ColMajor$ ;
$b [(i - 1) \times pdb + j - 1]$ when $order = Nag_RowMajor$ .

On entry: the

n

r

right-hand side matrix

B

On exit: if

fail . code =

NE_NOERROR, the

n

r

solution matrix

X

8: pdb – IntegerInput

On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) in the array b.

Constraints:

if $order = Nag_ColMajor$ , $pdb \geq \max (1, n)$ ;
if $order = Nag_RowMajor$ , $pdb \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .

9: fail – NagError *Input/Output

The NAG error argument (see Section 3.6 in the Essential Introduction).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
NE_BAD_PARAM: On entry, argument $〈value〉$ had an illegal value.
NE_INT: On entry, $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .; On entry, $nrhs = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $nrhs \geq 0$ .; On entry, $pda = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $pda > 0$ .; On entry, $pdb = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $pdb > 0$ .
NE_INT_2: On entry, $pda = 〈value〉$ and $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $pda \geq \max (1, n)$ .; On entry, $pdb = 〈value〉$ and $n = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $pdb \geq \max (1, n)$ .; On entry, $pdb = 〈value〉$ and $nrhs = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $pdb \geq \max (1, nrhs)$ .
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.
NE_SINGULAR: $U (〈value〉, 〈value〉)$ is exactly zero. The factorization has been completed, but the factor $U$ is exactly singular, so the solution could not be computed.

7 Accuracy

The computed solution for a single right-hand side,

\hat{x}

, satisfies the equation of the form

(A + E) \hat{x} = b,

where

{‖E‖}_{1} = O (ε) {‖A‖}_{1}

and

ε

is the machine precision. An approximate error bound for the computed solution is given by

\frac{{‖\hat{x} - x‖}_{1}}{{‖x‖}_{1}} \leq κ (A) \frac{{‖E‖}_{1}}{{‖A‖}_{1}}

where

κ (A) = {‖A^{- 1}‖}_{1} {‖A‖}_{1}

, the condition number of

A

with respect to the solution of the linear equations. See Section 4.4 of Anderson et al. (1999) for further details.

Following the use of nag_zgesv (f07anc), nag_zgecon (f07auc) can be used to estimate the condition number of

A

and nag_zgerfs (f07avc) can be used to obtain approximate error bounds. Alternatives to nag_zgesv (f07anc), which return condition and error estimates directly are nag_complex_gen_lin_solve (f04cac) and nag_zgesvx (f07apc).

8 Further Comments

The total number of floating point operations is approximately

\frac{8}{3} n^{3} + 8 n^{2} r

, where

r

is the number of right-hand sides.

The real analogue of this function is nag_dgesv (f07aac).

9 Example

This example solves the equations

A x = b,

where

A

is the general matrix

A = (\begin{array}{r} - 1.34 + 2.55 i & 0.28 + 3.17 i & - 6.39 - 2.20 i & 0.72 - 0.92 i \\ - 0.17 - 1.41 i & 3.31 - 0.15 i & - 0.15 + 1.34 i & 1.29 + 1.38 i \\ - 3.29 - 2.39 i & - 1.91 + 4.42 i & - 0.14 - 1.35 i & 1.72 + 1.35 i \\ 2.41 + 0.39 i & - 0.56 + 1.47 i & - 0.83 - 0.69 i & - 1.96 + 0.67 i \end{array}) and b = (\begin{array}{r} 26.26 + 51.78 i \\ 6.43 - 8.68 i \\ - 5.75 + 25.31 i \\ 1.16 + 2.57 i \end{array}) .

Details of the

L U

factorization of

A

are also output.

NAG Library Function Documentnag_zgesv (f07anc)

+− Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Further Comments

9 Example

9.1 Program Text

9.2 Program Data

9.3 Program Results

NAG Library Function Document

nag_zgesv (f07anc)