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1  Purpose

nag_dtpcon (f07ugc) estimates the condition number of a real triangular matrix, using packed storage.

2  Specification

#include <nag.h>
#include <nagf07.h>
void  nag_dtpcon (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_NormType norm, Nag_UploType uplo, Nag_DiagType diag, Integer n, const double ap[], double *rcond, NagError *fail)

3  Description

nag_dtpcon (f07ugc) estimates the condition number of a real triangular matrix A, in either the 1-norm or the -norm, using packed storage:
κ1 A = A1 A-11   or   κ A = A A-1 .
Note that κA=κ1AT.
Because the condition number is infinite if A is singular, the function actually returns an estimate of the reciprocal of the condition number.
The function computes A1 or A exactly, and uses Higham's implementation of Hager's method (see Higham (1988)) to estimate A-11 or A-1.

4  References

Higham N J (1988) FORTRAN codes for estimating the one-norm of a real or complex matrix, with applications to condition estimation ACM Trans. Math. Software 14 381–396

5  Arguments

1:     orderNag_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:     normNag_NormTypeInput
On entry: indicates whether κ1A or κA is estimated.
norm=Nag_OneNorm
κ1A is estimated.
norm=Nag_InfNorm
κA is estimated.
Constraint: norm=Nag_OneNorm or Nag_InfNorm.
3:     uploNag_UploTypeInput
On entry: specifies whether A is upper or lower triangular.
uplo=Nag_Upper
A is upper triangular.
uplo=Nag_Lower
A is lower triangular.
Constraint: uplo=Nag_Upper or Nag_Lower.
4:     diagNag_DiagTypeInput
On entry: indicates whether A is a nonunit or unit triangular matrix.
diag=Nag_NonUnitDiag
A is a nonunit triangular matrix.
diag=Nag_UnitDiag
A is a unit triangular matrix; the diagonal elements are not referenced and are assumed to be 1.
Constraint: diag=Nag_NonUnitDiag or Nag_UnitDiag.
5:     nIntegerInput
On entry: n, the order of the matrix A.
Constraint: n0.
6:     ap[dim]const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ap must be at least max1,n×n+1/2.
On entry: the n by n triangular matrix A, packed by rows or columns.
The storage of elements Aij depends on the order and uplo arguments as follows:
  • if order=Nag_ColMajor and uplo=Nag_Upper,
              Aij is stored in ap[j-1×j/2+i-1], for ij;
  • if order=Nag_ColMajor and uplo=Nag_Lower,
              Aij is stored in ap[2n-j×j-1/2+i-1], for ij;
  • if order=Nag_RowMajor and uplo=Nag_Upper,
              Aij is stored in ap[2n-i×i-1/2+j-1], for ij;
  • if order=Nag_RowMajor and uplo=Nag_Lower,
              Aij is stored in ap[i-1×i/2+j-1], for ij.
If diag=Nag_UnitDiag, the diagonal elements of AP are assumed to be 1, and are not referenced; the same storage scheme is used whether diag=Nag_NonUnitDiag or diag=Nag_UnitDiag.
7:     rconddouble *Output
On exit: an estimate of the reciprocal of the condition number of A. rcond is set to zero if exact singularity is detected or the estimate underflows. If rcond is less than machine precision, A is singular to working precision.
8:     failNagError *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: n0.
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.

7  Accuracy

The computed estimate rcond is never less than the true value ρ, and in practice is nearly always less than 10ρ, although examples can be constructed where rcond is much larger.

8  Parallelism and Performance

nag_dtpcon (f07ugc) is not threaded by NAG in any implementation.
nag_dtpcon (f07ugc) 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 Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

9  Further Comments

A call to nag_dtpcon (f07ugc) involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form Ax=b or ATx=b; the number is usually 4 or 5 and never more than 11. Each solution involves approximately n2 floating-point operations but takes considerably longer than a call to nag_dtptrs (f07uec) with one right-hand side, because extra care is taken to avoid overflow when A is approximately singular.
The complex analogue of this function is nag_ztpcon (f07uuc).

10  Example

This example estimates the condition number in the 1-norm of the matrix A, where
A= 4.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 -3.96 -4.87 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.31 -8.02 0.00 -0.27 0.07 -5.95 0.12 ,
using packed storage. The true condition number in the 1-norm is 116.41.

10.1  Program Text

Program Text (f07ugce.c)

10.2  Program Data

Program Data (f07ugce.d)

10.3  Program Results

Program Results (f07ugce.r)


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