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SparseSolve(_:_:)

Solves the system AX = B using the supplied double-precision factorization of A, in place.

Declaration

func SparseSolve(_ Factored: SparseOpaqueFactorization_Double, _ XB: DenseMatrix_Double)

Parameters

  • Factored:

    The factorization of A.

  • XB:

    On entry, the right-hand-side, B. On return, the solution vectors X. If A has dimension m x n, XB must have dimension k x nrhs, where k = max(m,n) and nrhs is the number of right-hand-sides to find solutions for.

Discussion

Use this function to solve a system of linear equations using a factored coefficient matrix. The following figure shows two systems of equations where the coefficient matrix is sparse:

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The following code solves this system with a QR factorization of the coefficient matrix:

/// Create the coefficient matrix _A_.
let rowIndices: [Int32] =    [ 0,  1, 1,  2]
let columnIndices: [Int32] = [ 2,  0, 2,  1]
let aValues: [Double] =      [10, 20, 5, 50]

let A = SparseConvertFromCoordinate(3, 3,
                                    4, 1,
                                    SparseAttributes_t(),
                                    rowIndices, columnIndices,
                                    aValues)

/// Factorize _A_.
let factorization = SparseFactor(SparseFactorizationQR, A)

defer {
    SparseCleanup(A)
    SparseCleanup(factorization)
}

/// Create the right-hand-side matrix, _B_.
var bValues: [Double] = [30, 35, 100,
                         300, 350, 1000]

/// Solve the system.
bValues.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { bPtr in
    let XB = DenseMatrix_Double(rowCount: 3,
                                columnCount: 2,
                                columnStride: 3,
                                attributes: SparseAttributes_t(),
                                data: bPtr.baseAddress!)
    
    SparseSolve(factorization, XB)
}

On return, bValues contains the values [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0].

If the factorization is A = QR, the function returns the solution of minimum norm ‖ x ‖₂ for underdetermined systems.

If the factorization is A = QR, the function returns the least squares solution minₓ ‖ AX - B ‖₂ for overdetermined systems.

If the factorization is SparseFactorizationCholeskyAtA, the factorization is of AᵀA, and the solution that returns is for the system AᵀAX = B.

See Also

In-place direct solving functions