PCTRRFS(3)    ScaLAPACK routine of NEC Numeric Library Collection   PCTRRFS(3)



NAME
       PCTRRFS  -  provide  error  bounds and backward error estimates for the
       solution to a system of linear equations with a triangular  coefficient
       matrix

SYNOPSIS
       SUBROUTINE PCTRRFS( UPLO,  TRANS,  DIAG,  N, NRHS, A, IA, JA, DESCA, B,
                           IB, JB, DESCB, X, IX, JX, DESCX, FERR, BERR,  WORK,
                           LWORK, RWORK, LRWORK, INFO )

           CHARACTER       DIAG, TRANS, UPLO

           INTEGER         INFO,  IA,  IB,  IX,  JA, JB, JX, LRWORK, LWORK, N,
                           NRHS

           INTEGER         DESCA( * ), DESCB( * ), DESCX( * )

           REAL            BERR( * ), FERR( * ), RWORK( * )

           COMPLEX         A( * ), B( * ), WORK( * ), X( * )

PURPOSE
       PCTRRFS provides error bounds and  backward  error  estimates  for  the
       solution  to a system of linear equations with a triangular coefficient
       matrix.  The solution matrix X must be  computed  by  PCTRTRS  or  some
       other  means  before entering this routine.  PCTRRFS does not do itera-
       tive refinement because doing so cannot improve the backward error.


       Notes
       =====

       Each global data object is described by an associated description  vec-
       tor.  This vector stores the information required to establish the map-
       ping between an object element and its corresponding process and memory
       location.

       Let  A  be  a generic term for any 2D block cyclicly distributed array.
       Such a global array has an associated description vector DESCA.  In the
       following  comments,  the  character _ should be read as "of the global
       array".

       NOTATION        STORED IN      EXPLANATION
       --------------- -------------- --------------------------------------
       DTYPE_A(global) DESCA( DTYPE_ )The descriptor type.  In this case,
                                      DTYPE_A = 1.
       CTXT_A (global) DESCA( CTXT_ ) The BLACS context handle, indicating
                                      the BLACS process grid A is distribu-
                                      ted over. The context itself is glo-
                                      bal, but the handle (the integer
                                      value) may vary.
       M_A    (global) DESCA( M_ )    The number of rows in the global
                                      array A.
       N_A    (global) DESCA( N_ )    The number of columns in the global
                                      array A.
       MB_A   (global) DESCA( MB_ )   The blocking factor used to distribute
                                      the rows of the array.
       NB_A   (global) DESCA( NB_ )   The blocking factor used to distribute
                                      the columns of the array.
       RSRC_A (global) DESCA( RSRC_ ) The process row over which the first
                                      row  of  the  array  A  is  distributed.
       CSRC_A (global) DESCA( CSRC_ ) The process column over which the
                                      first column of the array A is
                                      distributed.
       LLD_A  (local)  DESCA( LLD_ )  The leading dimension of the local
                                      array.  LLD_A >= MAX(1,LOCr(M_A)).

       Let  K  be  the  number of rows or columns of a distributed matrix, and
       assume that its process grid has dimension p x q.
       LOCr( K ) denotes the number of elements of  K  that  a  process  would
       receive  if K were distributed over the p processes of its process col-
       umn.
       Similarly, LOCc( K ) denotes the number of elements of K that a process
       would receive if K were distributed over the q processes of its process
       row.
       The values of LOCr() and LOCc() may be determined via  a  call  to  the
       ScaLAPACK tool function, NUMROC:
               LOCr( M ) = NUMROC( M, MB_A, MYROW, RSRC_A, NPROW ),
               LOCc(  N ) = NUMROC( N, NB_A, MYCOL, CSRC_A, NPCOL ).  An upper
       bound for these quantities may be computed by:
               LOCr( M ) <= ceil( ceil(M/MB_A)/NPROW )*MB_A
               LOCc( N ) <= ceil( ceil(N/NB_A)/NPCOL )*NB_A

       In the following comments, sub( A ), sub( X  )  and  sub(  B  )  denote
       respectively   A(IA:IA+N-1,JA:JA+N-1),   X(IX:IX+N-1,JX:JX+NRHS-1)  and
       B(IB:IB+N-1,JB:JB+NRHS-1).


ARGUMENTS
       UPLO    (global input) CHARACTER*1
               = 'U':  sub( A ) is upper triangular;
               = 'L':  sub( A ) is lower triangular.

       TRANS   (global input) CHARACTER*1
               Specifies the form of the system of equations.  = 'N': sub( A )
               * sub( X ) = sub( B )          (No transpose)
               = 'T': sub( A )**T * sub( X ) = sub( B )          (Transpose)
               = 'C': sub( A )**H * sub( X ) = sub( B ) (Conjugate transpose)

       DIAG    (global input) CHARACTER*1
               = 'N':  sub( A ) is non-unit triangular;
               = 'U':  sub( A ) is unit triangular.

       N       (global input) INTEGER
               The order of the matrix sub( A ).  N >= 0.

       NRHS    (global input) INTEGER
               The  number of right hand sides, i.e., the number of columns of
               the matrices sub( B ) and sub( X ).  NRHS >= 0.

       A       (local input) COMPLEX pointer into the local memory
               to an array of  local  dimension  (LLD_A,LOCc(JA+N-1)  ).  This
               array contains the local pieces of the original triangular dis-
               tributed matrix sub( A ).  If UPLO = 'U',  the  leading  N-by-N
               upper triangular part of sub( A ) contains the upper triangular
               part of the matrix, and its strictly lower triangular  part  is
               not referenced.  If UPLO = 'L', the leading N-by-N lower trian-
               gular part of sub( A ) contains the lower  triangular  part  of
               the  distribu-  ted  matrix,  and its strictly upper triangular
               part is not referenced.  If DIAG = 'U', the  diagonal  elements
               of sub( A ) are also not referenced and are assumed to be 1.

       IA      (global input) INTEGER
               The row index in the global array A indicating the first row of
               sub( A ).

       JA      (global input) INTEGER
               The column index in the global array  A  indicating  the  first
               column of sub( A ).

       DESCA   (global and local input) INTEGER array of dimension DLEN_.
               The array descriptor for the distributed matrix A.

       B       (local input) COMPLEX pointer into the local memory
               to  an  array of local dimension (LLD_B, LOCc(JB+NRHS-1) ).  On
               entry, this array contains the the local pieces  of  the  right
               hand sides sub( B ).

       IB      (global input) INTEGER
               The row index in the global array B indicating the first row of
               sub( B ).

       JB      (global input) INTEGER
               The column index in the global array  B  indicating  the  first
               column of sub( B ).

       DESCB   (global and local input) INTEGER array of dimension DLEN_.
               The array descriptor for the distributed matrix B.

       X       (local input) COMPLEX pointer into the local memory
               to  an  array of local dimension (LLD_X, LOCc(JX+NRHS-1) ).  On
               entry, this array contains the the local pieces of the solution
               vectors sub( X ).

       IX      (global input) INTEGER
               The row index in the global array X indicating the first row of
               sub( X ).

       JX      (global input) INTEGER
               The column index in the global array  X  indicating  the  first
               column of sub( X ).

       DESCX   (global and local input) INTEGER array of dimension DLEN_.
               The array descriptor for the distributed matrix X.

       FERR    (local output) REAL array of local dimension
               LOCc(JB+NRHS-1).  The  estimated  forward error bounds for each
               solution vector of sub( X ).  If XTRUE is  the  true  solution,
               FERR  bounds  the magnitude of the largest entry in (sub( X ) -
               XTRUE) divided by the magnitude of the largest entry in sub(  X
               ).   The estimate is as reliable as the estimate for RCOND, and
               is almost always a slight overestimate of the true error.  This
               array is tied to the distributed matrix X.

       BERR    (local output) REAL array of local dimension
               LOCc(JB+NRHS-1).  The  componentwise relative backward error of
               each solution vector (i.e., the smallest re- lative  change  in
               any  entry of sub( A ) or sub( B ) that makes sub( X ) an exact
               solution).  This array is tied to the distributed matrix X.

       WORK    (local workspace/local output) COMPLEX array,
               dimension (LWORK) On exit,  WORK(1)  returns  the  minimal  and
               optimal LWORK.

       LWORK   (local or global input) INTEGER
               The dimension of the array WORK.  LWORK is local input and must
               be at least LWORK >= 2*LOCr( N + MOD( IA-1, MB_A ) ).

               If LWORK = -1, then LWORK is global input and a workspace query
               is assumed; the routine only calculates the minimum and optimal
               size for all work arrays. Each of these values is  returned  in
               the  first  entry of the corresponding work array, and no error
               message is issued by PXERBLA.

       RWORK   (local workspace/local output) REAL array,
               dimension (LRWORK) On exit, RWORK(1) returns  the  minimal  and
               optimal LRWORK.

       LRWORK  (local or global input) INTEGER
               The  dimension  of  the array RWORK.  LRWORK is local input and
               must be at least LRWORK >= LOCr( N + MOD( IB-1, MB_B ) ).

               If LRWORK = -1, then LRWORK is global  input  and  a  workspace
               query  is  assumed; the routine only calculates the minimum and
               optimal size for all work  arrays.  Each  of  these  values  is
               returned  in  the  first entry of the corresponding work array,
               and no error message is issued by PXERBLA.

       INFO    (global output) INTEGER
               = 0:  successful exit
               < 0:  If the i-th argument is an array and the j-entry  had  an
               illegal  value, then INFO = -(i*100+j), if the i-th argument is
               a scalar and had an illegal value, then INFO = -i.


               Notes =====

               This routine temporarily returns when N <= 1.

               The distributed submatrices sub( X ) and sub(  B  )  should  be
               distributed  the  same way on the same processes.  These condi-
               tions ensure that sub(  X  )  and  sub(  B  )  are  "perfectly"
               aligned.

               Moreover,  this  routine  requires  the distributed submatrices
               sub( A ), sub( X ), and sub( B )  to  be  aligned  on  a  block
               boundary,  i.e., if f(x,y) = MOD( x-1, y ): f( IA, DESCA( MB_ )
               ) = f( JA, DESCA( NB_ ) ) = 0, f( IB, DESCB( MB_ ) ) =  f(  JB,
               DESCB(  NB_  ) ) = 0, and f( IX, DESCX( MB_ ) ) = f( JX, DESCX(
               NB_ ) ) = 0.



ScaLAPACK routine               31 October 2017                     PCTRRFS(3)