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umfpack
solve sparse linear system
Calling Sequence
x = umfpack(A,"\",b) x = umfpack(b,"/",A)
Arguments
- A
a sparse (real or complex) square matrix n x n
- b
in the first case, a column vector (n x 1) or a n x m matrix ; in the second case, a row vector (1 x n) or a m x n matrix
- x
in the first case , a column vector (n x 1) or a n x m matrix ; in the second case, a row vector (1 x n) or a m x n matrix
- 2d arg
string specifier "\" or "/"
Description
This function is intended to work like the classic operators \ and / x = A\b and x = b/A) i.e. it solves a linear system Ax = b or xA = b with a sparse square (says n x n) real or complex matrix and with a compatible rhs b : n x m in the first case and m x n in the second.
Details
First an LU factorisation of the matrix is computed (P R^(-1) A Q = LU
where P and Q are permutation matrices, R is a diagonal matrix (row scaling), L
a lower triangular matrix with a diagonal of 1, and U an upper triangular matrix)
then a first solution is computed with forward/backward subtitutions ;
finaly the solution is improved by iterative refinement.
Examples
// this is the small linear test system from UMFPACK // whom solution must be [1;2;3;4;5] A = sparse( [ 2 3 0 0 0; 3 0 4 0 6; 0 -1 -3 2 0; 0 0 1 0 0; 0 4 2 0 1] ); b = [8 ; 45; -3; 3; 19]; x = umfpack(A,"\",b) // test the other form x A = b b = [8 20 13 6 17]; x = umfpack(b,"/",A) // solution must be [1 2 3 4 5] // test multiple rhs b = rand(5,3); x = umfpack(A,"\",b) norm(A*x - b) // test multiple rhs for x A = b b = rand(3,5); x = umfpack(b,"/",A) norm(x*A - b) // solve a complex system A = sparse( [ 2+%i 3+2*%i 0 0 0; 3-%i 0 4+%i 0 6-3*%i; 0 -1+%i -3+6*%i 2-%i 0; 0 0 1-5*%i 0 0; 0 4 2-%i 0 1] ); b = [ 3+13*%i ; 58+32*%i ; -19+13*%i ; 18-12*%i ; 22+16*%i ]; x = umfpack(A,"\",b) // x must be [1+i; 2+2i; 3+3i; 4 + 4i; 5+5i] // A benchmark of several linear solvers [A,descr,ref,mtype] = ReadHBSparse(SCI+"/modules/umfpack/examples/bcsstk24.rsa"); b = 0*ones(size(A,1),1); tic(); res = umfpack(A,'\',b); printf('\ntime needed to solve the system with umfpack: %.3f\n',toc()); tic(); res = linsolve(A,b); printf('\ntime needed to solve the system with linsolve: %.3f\n',toc()); tic(); res = A\b; printf('\ntime needed to solve the system with the backslash operator: %.3f\n',toc());
Authors
- umfpack by Timothy A. Davis (see umf_license)
- scilab interface by Bruno Pincon with contributions from Antonio Frasson
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