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



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

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

           CHARACTER       DIAG, TRANS, UPLO

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

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

           REAL            A( * ), B( * ), BERR( * ), FERR( * ), WORK( * ), X(
                           * )

PURPOSE
       PSTRRFS  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 PSTRTRS or some other means
       before entering this routine.  PSTRRFS does not do iterative 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 )**T * sub( X ) = sub( B )
                                           (Conjugate transpose = 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) REAL 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 triangular part of sub(
               A  )  contains  the  lower triangular part of the distribu- ted
               matrix, and its strictly upper triangular part  is  not  refer-
               enced.
               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) REAL 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) REAL 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 solu-
               tion 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 vec-
               tor (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) REAL 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 >= 3*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.

       IWORK     (local   workspace/local  output)  INTEGER  array,  dimension
       (LIWORK)
               On exit, IWORK(1) returns the minimal and optimal LIWORK.

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

               If  LIWORK  =  -1,  then LIWORK 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 conditions 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                     PSTRRFS(3)