BVOrthogonalize#

Orthogonalize all columns (starting from the leading ones), that is, compute the QR decomposition.

Synopsis#

#include "slepcbv.h"   
PetscErrorCode BVOrthogonalize(BV V,Mat R)

Collective

Input Parameters#

  • V - basis vectors to be orthogonalized (or \(B\)-orthogonalized), modified on output

  • R - a sequential dense matrix (or NULL), on output the triangular factor of the QR decomposition

Notes#

On input, matrix R must be a square sequential dense Mat, with at least as many rows and columns as the number of active columns of V. The output satisfies \(V = \tilde V R\) (where \(\tilde V\) represents V on exit) and \(\tilde V^*\tilde V = I\) (or \(\tilde V^*B\tilde V = I\) if an inner product matrix \(B\) has been specified with BVSetMatrix()).

If V has leading columns, then they are not modified (are assumed to be already orthonormal) and the leading columns of R are not referenced. Let the decomposition be

\[\begin{split} \begin{bmatrix} V_1 & V_2 \end{bmatrix}= \begin{bmatrix} \tilde V_1 & \tilde V_2 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} R_{11} & R_{12} \\ 0 & R_{22} \end{bmatrix} \end{split}\]
then \(\tilde V_1\) is left unchanged (equal to \(V_1\)) as well as \(R_{11}\) (they should satisfy \(V_1 = \tilde V_1 R_{11}\)).

Can pass NULL if R is not required.

The method to be used for block orthogonalization can be set with BVSetOrthogonalization(). If set to BV_ORTHOG_BLOCK_GS, the computation is done column by column with successive calls to BVOrthogonalizeColumn(). Note that in the BV_ORTHOG_BLOCK_SVQB method the R factor is not upper triangular.

If V is rank-deficient or very ill-conditioned, that is, one or more columns are (almost) linearly dependent with respect to the rest, then the algorithm may break down or result in larger numerical error. Linearly dependent columns are essentially replaced by random directions, and the corresponding diagonal entry in R is set to (nearly) zero.

See Also#

BV: Basis Vectors, BVOrthogonalizeColumn(), BVOrthogonalizeVec(), BVSetMatrix(), BVSetActiveColumns(), BVSetOrthogonalization(), BVOrthogBlockType

Level#

intermediate

Location#

src/sys/classes/bv/interface/bvorthog.c


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