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# NAG Library Function Documentnag_dtpcon (f07ugc)

## 1  Purpose

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

## 2  Specification

 #include #include
 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 $\infty$-norm, using packed storage:
 $κ1 A = A1 A-11 or κ∞ A = A∞ A-1∞ .$
Note that ${\kappa }_{\infty }\left(A\right)={\kappa }_{1}\left({A}^{\mathrm{T}}\right)$.
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 ${‖A‖}_{1}$ or ${‖A‖}_{\infty }$ exactly, and uses Higham's implementation of Hager's method (see Higham (1988)) to estimate ${‖{A}^{-1}‖}_{1}$ or ${‖{A}^{-1}‖}_{\infty }$.

## 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 ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$. See Section 3.2.1.3 in the Essential Introduction for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ or Nag_ColMajor.
2:     normNag_NormTypeInput
On entry: indicates whether ${\kappa }_{1}\left(A\right)$ or ${\kappa }_{\infty }\left(A\right)$ is estimated.
${\mathbf{norm}}=\mathrm{Nag_OneNorm}$
${\kappa }_{1}\left(A\right)$ is estimated.
${\mathbf{norm}}=\mathrm{Nag_InfNorm}$
${\kappa }_{\infty }\left(A\right)$ is estimated.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{norm}}=\mathrm{Nag_OneNorm}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_InfNorm}$.
3:     uploNag_UploTypeInput
On entry: specifies whether $A$ is upper or lower triangular.
${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$
$A$ is upper triangular.
${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$
$A$ is lower triangular.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$.
4:     diagNag_DiagTypeInput
On entry: indicates whether $A$ is a nonunit or unit triangular matrix.
${\mathbf{diag}}=\mathrm{Nag_NonUnitDiag}$
$A$ is a nonunit triangular matrix.
${\mathbf{diag}}=\mathrm{Nag_UnitDiag}$
$A$ is a unit triangular matrix; the diagonal elements are not referenced and are assumed to be $1$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{diag}}=\mathrm{Nag_NonUnitDiag}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_UnitDiag}$.
5:     nIntegerInput
On entry: $n$, the order of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
6:     ap[$\mathit{dim}$]const doubleInput
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ap must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{n}}×\left({\mathbf{n}}+1\right)/2\right)$.
On entry: the $n$ by $n$ triangular matrix $A$, packed by rows or columns.
The storage of elements ${A}_{ij}$ depends on the order and uplo arguments as follows:
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$ and ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$,
${A}_{ij}$ is stored in ${\mathbf{ap}}\left[\left(j-1\right)×j/2+i-1\right]$, for $i\le j$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$ and ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$,
${A}_{ij}$ is stored in ${\mathbf{ap}}\left[\left(2n-j\right)×\left(j-1\right)/2+i-1\right]$, for $i\ge j$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ and ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$,
${A}_{ij}$ is stored in ${\mathbf{ap}}\left[\left(2n-i\right)×\left(i-1\right)/2+j-1\right]$, for $i\le j$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ and ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$,
${A}_{ij}$ is stored in ${\mathbf{ap}}\left[\left(i-1\right)×i/2+j-1\right]$, for $i\ge j$.
If ${\mathbf{diag}}=\mathrm{Nag_UnitDiag}$, the diagonal elements of $\mathrm{AP}$ are assumed to be $1$, and are not referenced; the same storage scheme is used whether ${\mathbf{diag}}=\mathrm{Nag_NonUnitDiag}$ or ${\mathbf{diag}}=\mathrm{Nag_UnitDiag}$.
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.
On entry, argument $〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ had an illegal value.
NE_INT
On entry, ${\mathbf{n}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
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 $\rho$, and in practice is nearly always less than $10\rho$, although examples can be constructed where rcond is much larger.

A call to nag_dtpcon (f07ugc) involves solving a number of systems of linear equations of the form $Ax=b$ or ${A}^{\mathrm{T}}x=b$; the number is usually $4$ or $5$ and never more than $11$. Each solution involves approximately ${n}^{2}$ 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).

## 9  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 $116.41$.

### 9.1  Program Text

Program Text (f07ugce.c)

### 9.2  Program Data

Program Data (f07ugce.d)

### 9.3  Program Results

Program Results (f07ugce.r)