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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

F01JGF 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

SUBROUTINE F01JGF ( N, A, LDA, CONDEA, IFAIL)
INTEGER  N, LDA, IFAIL
REAL (KIND=nag_wp)  A(LDA,*), CONDEA

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, F01JGF 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  Parameters

1:     N – INTEGERInput
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A.
Constraint: N0.
2:     ALDA* – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput/Output
Note: the second dimension of the array A must be at least N.
On entry: the n by n matrix A.
On exit: the n by n matrix exponential eA.
3:     LDA – INTEGERInput
On entry: the first dimension of the array A as declared in the (sub)program from which F01JGF is called.
Constraint: LDAN.
4:     CONDEA – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Output
On exit: an estimate of the relative condition number of the matrix exponential κexpA.
5:     IFAIL – INTEGERInput/Output
On entry: IFAIL must be set to 0, -1​ or ​1. If you are unfamiliar with this parameter you should refer to Section 3.3 in the Essential Introduction for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value -1​ or ​1 is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value 1 is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this parameter, the recommended value is 0. When the value -1​ or ​1 is used it is essential to test the value of IFAIL on exit.
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
The linear equations to be solved for the Padé approximant are singular; it is likely that this routine has been called incorrectly.
IFAIL=2
eA has been computed using an IEEE double precision Padé approximant, although the arithmetic precision is higher than IEEE double precision.
IFAIL=3
An unexpected internal error has occurred. Please contact NAG.
IFAIL=-1
On entry, N=value.
Constraint: N0.
IFAIL=-3
On entry, LDA=value and N=value.
Constraint: LDAN.
IFAIL=-99
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 3.8 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
IFAIL=-399
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 3.7 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
IFAIL=-999
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 3.6 in the Essential Introduction for further information.

7  Accuracy

F01JGF uses the norm estimation routine F04YDF 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 F04YDF.
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

F01JGF is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
F01JGF 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

F01JAF uses a similar algorithm to F01JGF 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 F01JGF and so its use is recommended over F01JAF.
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 F01ECF should be used. If the Fréchet derivative of the matrix exponential is required then F01JHF 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 (f01jgfe.f90)

10.2  Program Data

Program Data (f01jgfe.d)

10.3  Program Results

Program Results (f01jgfe.r)


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