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LUMPROVE

Syntax | Return Value | Arguments | Keywords | Examples | Version History | See Also

The LUMPROVE function uses LU decomposition to iteratively improve an approximate solution X of a set of n linear equations in n unknowns Ax = b.

LUMPROVE is based on the routine mprove described in section 2.5 of Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing (Second Edition), published by Cambridge University Press, and is used by permission.


Note
If you are working with complex inputs, use the LA_LUMPROVE function instead.

Syntax

Result = LUMPROVE( A, Alud, Index, B, X [, /COLUMN] [, /DOUBLE] )

Return Value

The result is a vector, whose type and length are identical to X, containing the improved solution.

Arguments

A

The n by n coefficient array of the linear system Ax = b.

Alud

The n by n LU decomposition of A created by the LUDC procedure.

Index

An input vector, created by the LUDC procedure, containing a record of the row permutations which occurred as a result of partial pivoting.

B

An n-element vector containing the right-hand side of the linear system
Ax = b.

X

An n-element vector containing the approximate solution of the linear system
Ax = b.

Keywords

COLUMN

Set this keyword if the input array A is in column-major format (composed of column vectors) rather than in row-major format (composed of row vectors).

DOUBLE

Set this keyword to force the computation to be done in double-precision arithmetic.

Examples

This example uses LUMPROVE to improve an approximate solution X to the linear system Ax = B:

; Create coefficient array A:  
A = [[ 2.0,  1.0,  1.0], $  
     [ 4.0, -6.0,  0.0], $  
     [-2.0,  7.0,  2.0]]  
  
; Create a duplicate of A:  
alud = A  
; Define the right-hand side vector B:  
B = [3.0, -8.0, 10.0]  
  
; Begin with an estimated solution X:  
X = [.89, 1.78, -0.88]  
  
; Decompose the duplicate of A:  
LUDC, alud, INDEX  
  
; Compute an improved solution:  
result = LUMPROVE(A, alud, INDEX, B, X)  
  
; Print the result:  
PRINT, result  

IDL prints:

 1.00000 2.00000 -1.00000  

This is the exact solution vector.

Version History

4.0
Introduced

See Also

GS_ITER, LA_LUMPROVE, LUDC

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)