# NAG Library Function Document

## 1Purpose

nag_dpbtrf (f07hdc) computes the Cholesky factorization of a real symmetric positive definite band matrix.

## 2Specification

 #include #include
 void nag_dpbtrf (Nag_OrderType order, Nag_UploType uplo, Integer n, Integer kd, double ab[], Integer pdab, NagError *fail)

## 3Description

nag_dpbtrf (f07hdc) forms the Cholesky factorization of a real symmetric positive definite band matrix $A$ either as $A={U}^{\mathrm{T}}U$ if ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$ or $A=L{L}^{\mathrm{T}}$ if ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$, where $U$ (or $L$) is an upper (or lower) triangular band matrix with the same number of superdiagonals (or subdiagonals) as $A$.

## 4References

Demmel J W (1989) On floating-point errors in Cholesky LAPACK Working Note No. 14 University of Tennessee, Knoxville http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lawnspdf/lawn14.pdf
Golub G H and Van Loan C F (1996) Matrix Computations (3rd Edition) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

## 5Arguments

1:    $\mathbf{order}$Nag_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 3.3.1.3 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for a more detailed explanation of the use of this argument.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$.
2:    $\mathbf{uplo}$Nag_UploTypeInput
On entry: specifies whether the upper or lower triangular part of $A$ is stored and how $A$ is to be factorized.
${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$
The upper triangular part of $A$ is stored and $A$ is factorized as ${U}^{\mathrm{T}}U$, where $U$ is upper triangular.
${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$
The lower triangular part of $A$ is stored and $A$ is factorized as $L{L}^{\mathrm{T}}$, where $L$ is lower triangular.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$ or $\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$.
3:    $\mathbf{n}$IntegerInput
On entry: $n$, the order of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
4:    $\mathbf{kd}$IntegerInput
On entry: ${k}_{d}$, the number of superdiagonals or subdiagonals of the matrix $A$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{kd}}\ge 0$.
5:    $\mathbf{ab}\left[\mathit{dim}\right]$doubleInput/Output
Note: the dimension, dim, of the array ab must be at least $\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,{\mathbf{pdab}}×{\mathbf{n}}\right)$.
On entry: the $n$ by $n$ symmetric positive definite band matrix $A$.
This is stored as a notional two-dimensional array with row elements or column elements stored contiguously. The storage of elements of ${A}_{ij}$, 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 ${\mathbf{ab}}\left[{k}_{d}+i-j+\left(j-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdab}}\right]$, for $j=1,\dots ,n$ and $i=\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,j-{k}_{d}\right),\dots ,j$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_ColMajor}$ and ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$,
${A}_{ij}$ is stored in ${\mathbf{ab}}\left[i-j+\left(j-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdab}}\right]$, for $j=1,\dots ,n$ and $i=j,\dots ,\mathrm{min}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(n,j+{k}_{d}\right)$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ and ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$,
${A}_{ij}$ is stored in ${\mathbf{ab}}\left[j-i+\left(i-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdab}}\right]$, for $i=1,\dots ,n$ and $j=i,\dots ,\mathrm{min}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(n,i+{k}_{d}\right)$;
• if ${\mathbf{order}}=\mathrm{Nag_RowMajor}$ and ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$,
${A}_{ij}$ is stored in ${\mathbf{ab}}\left[{k}_{d}+j-i+\left(i-1\right)×{\mathbf{pdab}}\right]$, for $i=1,\dots ,n$ and $j=\mathrm{max}\phantom{\rule{0.125em}{0ex}}\left(1,i-{k}_{d}\right),\dots ,i$.
On exit: the upper or lower triangle of $A$ is overwritten by the Cholesky factor $U$ or $L$ as specified by uplo, using the same storage format as described above.
6:    $\mathbf{pdab}$IntegerInput
On entry: the stride separating row or column elements (depending on the value of order) of the matrix $A$ in the array ab.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdab}}\ge {\mathbf{kd}}+1$.
7:    $\mathbf{fail}$NagError *Input/Output
The NAG error argument (see Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation).

## 6Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 2.3.1.2 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
On entry, argument $〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ had an illegal value.
NE_INT
On entry, ${\mathbf{kd}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{kd}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{n}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{n}}\ge 0$.
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdab}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdab}}>0$.
NE_INT_2
On entry, ${\mathbf{pdab}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and ${\mathbf{kd}}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{pdab}}\ge {\mathbf{kd}}+1$.
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.
See Section 2.7.6 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
NE_NO_LICENCE
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 2.7.5 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.
NE_POS_DEF
The leading minor of order $〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ is not positive definite and the factorization could not be completed. Hence $A$ itself is not positive definite. This may indicate an error in forming the matrix $A$. There is no function specifically designed to factorize a symmetric band matrix which is not positive definite; the matrix must be treated either as a nonsymmetric band matrix, by calling nag_dgbtrf (f07bdc) or as a full symmetric matrix, by calling nag_dsytrf (f07mdc).

## 7Accuracy

If ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Upper}$, the computed factor $U$ is the exact factor of a perturbed matrix $A+E$, where
 $E≤ck+1εUTU ,$
$c\left(k+1\right)$ is a modest linear function of $k+1$, and $\epsilon$ is the machine precision.
If ${\mathbf{uplo}}=\mathrm{Nag_Lower}$, a similar statement holds for the computed factor $L$. It follows that $\left|{e}_{ij}\right|\le c\left(k+1\right)\epsilon \sqrt{{a}_{ii}{a}_{jj}}$.

## 8Parallelism and Performance

nag_dpbtrf (f07hdc) 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 function. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

The total number of floating-point operations is approximately $n{\left(k+1\right)}^{2}$, assuming $n\gg k$.
A call to nag_dpbtrf (f07hdc) may be followed by calls to the functions:
The complex analogue of this function is nag_zpbtrf (f07hrc).

## 10Example

This example computes the Cholesky factorization of the matrix $A$, where
 $A= 5.49 2.68 0.00 0.00 2.68 5.63 -2.39 0.00 0.00 -2.39 2.60 -2.22 0.00 0.00 -2.22 5.17 .$

### 10.1Program Text

Program Text (f07hdce.c)

### 10.2Program Data

Program Data (f07hdce.d)

### 10.3Program Results

Program Results (f07hdce.r)

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