Householder< number > Class Template Reference

#include <deal.II/lac/householder.h>

Inheritance diagram for Householder< number >:

Public Types
using	size_type = types::global_dof_index

Public Member Functions
	Householder ()=default
template<typename number2 >
	Householder (const FullMatrix< number2 > &A)
template<typename number2 >
void	initialize (const FullMatrix< number2 > &A)
template<typename number2 >
double	least_squares (Vector< number2 > &dst, const Vector< number2 > &src) const
template<typename number2 >
double	least_squares (BlockVector< number2 > &dst, const BlockVector< number2 > &src) const
template<class VectorType >
void	vmult (VectorType &dst, const VectorType &src) const
template<class VectorType >
void	Tvmult (VectorType &dst, const VectorType &src) const

Private Attributes
std::vector< number >	diagonal
FullMatrix< double >	storage

Detailed Description

template<typename number>
class Householder< number >

QR-decomposition of a full matrix.

This class computes the QR-decomposition of given matrix by the Householder algorithm. Then, the function least_squares() can be used to compute the vector \(x\) minimizing \(\|Ax-b\|\) for a given vector \(b\). The QR decomposition of \(A\) is useful for this purpose because the minimizer is given by the equation \(x=(A^TA)^{-1}A^Tb=(R^TQ^TQR)^{-1}R^TQ^Tb\) which is easy to compute because \(Q\) is an orthogonal matrix, and consequently \(Q^TQ=I\). Thus, \(x=(R^TR)^{-1}R^TQ^Tb=R^{-1}R^{-T}R^TQ^Tb=R^{-1}Q^Tb\). Furthermore, \(R\) is triangular, so applying \(R^{-1}\) to a vector only involves a backward or forward solve.

Implementation details

The class does not in fact store the \(Q\) and \(R\) factors explicitly as matrices. It does store \(R\), but the \(Q\) factor is stored as the product of Householder reflections of the form \(Q_i = I-v_i v_i^T\) where the vectors \(v_i\) are so that they can be stored in the lower-triangular part of an underlying matrix object, whereas \(R\) is stored in the upper triangular part.

The \(v_i\) vectors and the \(R\) matrix now are in conflict because they both want to use the diagonal entry of the matrix, but we can only store one in these positions, of course. Consequently, the entries \((v_i)_i\) are stored separately in the diagonal member variable.

Note

Instantiations for this template are provided for <float> and <double>; others can be generated in application programs (see the section on Template instantiations in the manual).

Definition at line 79 of file householder.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/deal.II/lac/householder.h