@cindex eigenvalues and eigenvectors
This chapter describes functions for computing eigenvalues and
eigenvectors of matrices.  There are routines for real symmetric and
complex hermitian matrices, and eigenvalues can be computed with or
without eigenvectors.  The algorithms used are symmetric
bidiagonalization followed by QR reduction.

@cindex LAPACK, recommended for linear algebra
These routines are intended for ``small'' systems where simple algorithms are
acceptable.  Anyone interested in finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of
large matrices will want to use the sophisticated routines found in
@sc{lapack}. The Fortran version of @sc{lapack} is recommended as the
standard package for linear algebra.

The functions described in this chapter are declared in the header file
@file{gsl_eigen.h}.

@menu
* Real Symmetric Matrices::     
* Complex Hermitian Matrices::  
* Sorting Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors::  
* Eigenvalue and Eigenvector Examples::  
* Eigenvalue and Eigenvector References::  
@end menu

@node Real Symmetric Matrices
@section Real Symmetric Matrices
@cindex symmetric matrix, real, eigensystem
@cindex real symmetric matrix, eigensystem

@deftypefun {gsl_eigen_symm_workspace *} gsl_eigen_symm_alloc (const size_t @var{n})
This function allocates a workspace for computing eigenvalues of
@var{n}-by-@var{n} real symmetric matrices.  The size of the workspace
is @math{O(2n)}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun void gsl_eigen_symm_free (gsl_eigen_symm_workspace * @var{w})
This function frees the memory associated with the workspace @var{w}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int gsl_eigen_symm (gsl_matrix * @var{A}, gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_eigen_symm_workspace * @var{w})
This function computes the eigenvalues of the real symmetric matrix
@var{A}.  Additional workspace of the appropriate size must be provided
in @var{w}.  The diagonal and lower triangular part of @var{A} are
destroyed during the computation, but the strict upper triangular part
is not referenced.  The eigenvalues are stored in the vector @var{eval}
and are unordered.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun {gsl_eigen_symmv_workspace *} gsl_eigen_symmv_alloc (const size_t @var{n})
This function allocates a workspace for computing eigenvalues and
eigenvectors of @var{n}-by-@var{n} real symmetric matrices.  The size of
the workspace is @math{O(4n)}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun void gsl_eigen_symmv_free (gsl_eigen_symmv_workspace * @var{w})
This function frees the memory associated with the workspace @var{w}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int gsl_eigen_symmv (gsl_matrix * @var{A}, gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_matrix * @var{evec}, gsl_eigen_symmv_workspace * @var{w})
This function computes the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the real
symmetric matrix @var{A}.  Additional workspace of the appropriate size
must be provided in @var{w}.  The diagonal and lower triangular part of
@var{A} are destroyed during the computation, but the strict upper
triangular part is not referenced.  The eigenvalues are stored in the
vector @var{eval} and are unordered.  The corresponding eigenvectors are
stored in the columns of the matrix @var{evec}.  For example, the
eigenvector in the first column corresponds to the first eigenvalue.
The eigenvectors are guaranteed to be mutually orthogonal and normalised
to unit magnitude.
@end deftypefun

@node Complex Hermitian Matrices
@section Complex Hermitian Matrices

@cindex hermitian matrix, complex, eigensystem
@cindex complex hermitian matrix, eigensystem

@deftypefun {gsl_eigen_herm_workspace *} gsl_eigen_herm_alloc (const size_t @var{n})
This function allocates a workspace for computing eigenvalues of
@var{n}-by-@var{n} complex hermitian matrices.  The size of the workspace
is @math{O(3n)}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun void gsl_eigen_herm_free (gsl_eigen_herm_workspace * @var{w})
This function frees the memory associated with the workspace @var{w}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int gsl_eigen_herm (gsl_matrix_complex * @var{A}, gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_eigen_herm_workspace * @var{w})
This function computes the eigenvalues of the complex hermitian matrix
@var{A}.  Additional workspace of the appropriate size must be provided
in @var{w}.  The diagonal and lower triangular part of @var{A} are
destroyed during the computation, but the strict upper triangular part
is not referenced.  The imaginary parts of the diagonal are assumed to be
zero and are not referenced. The eigenvalues are stored in the vector
@var{eval} and are unordered.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun {gsl_eigen_hermv_workspace *} gsl_eigen_hermv_alloc (const size_t @var{n})
This function allocates a workspace for computing eigenvalues and
eigenvectors of @var{n}-by-@var{n} complex hermitian matrices.  The size of
the workspace is @math{O(5n)}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun void gsl_eigen_hermv_free (gsl_eigen_hermv_workspace * @var{w})
This function frees the memory associated with the workspace @var{w}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int gsl_eigen_hermv (gsl_matrix_complex * @var{A}, gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_matrix_complex * @var{evec}, gsl_eigen_hermv_workspace * @var{w})
This function computes the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the complex
hermitian matrix @var{A}.  Additional workspace of the appropriate size
must be provided in @var{w}.  The diagonal and lower triangular part of
@var{A} are destroyed during the computation, but the strict upper
triangular part is not referenced. The imaginary parts of the diagonal
are assumed to be zero and are not referenced.  The eigenvalues are
stored in the vector @var{eval} and are unordered.  The corresponding
complex eigenvectors are stored in the columns of the matrix @var{evec}.
For example, the eigenvector in the first column corresponds to the
first eigenvalue.  The eigenvectors are guaranteed to be mutually
orthogonal and normalised to unit magnitude.
@end deftypefun

@node Sorting Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
@section Sorting Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
@cindex sorting eigenvalues and eigenvectors

@deftypefun int gsl_eigen_symmv_sort (gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_matrix * @var{evec}, gsl_eigen_sort_t @var{sort_type})
This function simultaneously sorts the eigenvalues stored in the vector
@var{eval} and the corresponding real eigenvectors stored in the columns
of the matrix @var{evec} into ascending or descending order according to
the value of the parameter @var{sort_type},

@table @code
@item GSL_EIGEN_SORT_VAL_ASC
ascending order in numerical value
@item GSL_EIGEN_SORT_VAL_DESC
descending order in numerical value
@item GSL_EIGEN_SORT_ABS_ASC
ascending order in magnitude
@item GSL_EIGEN_SORT_ABS_DESC
descending order in magnitude
@end table

@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int gsl_eigen_hermv_sort (gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_matrix_complex * @var{evec}, gsl_eigen_sort_t @var{sort_type})
This function simultaneously sorts the eigenvalues stored in the vector
@var{eval} and the corresponding complex eigenvectors stored in the
columns of the matrix @var{evec} into ascending or descending order
according to the value of the parameter @var{sort_type} as shown above.
@end deftypefun


@comment @deftypefun int gsl_eigen_jacobi (gsl_matrix * @var{matrix}, gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_matrix * @var{evec}, unsigned int @var{max_rot}, unsigned int * @var{nrot})
@comment This function finds the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a real symmetric
@comment matrix by Jacobi iteration. The data in the input matrix is destroyed.
@comment @end deftypefun

@comment @deftypefun int gsl_la_invert_jacobi (const gsl_matrix * @var{matrix}, gsl_matrix * @var{ainv}, unsigned int @var{max_rot})
@comment Invert a matrix by Jacobi iteration.
@comment @end deftypefun

@comment @deftypefun int gsl_eigen_sort (gsl_vector * @var{eval}, gsl_matrix * @var{evec}, gsl_eigen_sort_t @var{sort_type})
@comment This functions sorts the eigensystem results based on eigenvalues.
@comment Sorts in order of increasing value or increasing
@comment absolute value, depending on the value of
@comment @var{sort_type}, which can be @code{GSL_EIGEN_SORT_VALUE}
@comment or @code{GSL_EIGEN_SORT_ABSVALUE}.
@comment @end deftypefun

@node Eigenvalue and Eigenvector Examples
@section Examples

The following program computes the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the 4-th order Hilbert matrix, @math{H(i,j) = 1/(i + j + 1)}.

@example
@verbatiminclude examples/eigen.c
@end example
@noindent
Here is the beginning of the output from the program,

@example
$ ./a.out 
eigenvalue = 9.67023e-05
eigenvector = 
-0.0291933
0.328712
-0.791411
0.514553
...
@end example
@noindent
This can be compared with the corresponding output from @sc{gnu octave},

@example
octave> [v,d] = eig(hilb(4));
octave> diag(d)  
ans =

   9.6702e-05
   6.7383e-03
   1.6914e-01
   1.5002e+00

octave> v 
v =

   0.029193   0.179186  -0.582076   0.792608
  -0.328712  -0.741918   0.370502   0.451923
   0.791411   0.100228   0.509579   0.322416
  -0.514553   0.638283   0.514048   0.252161
@end example
@noindent
Note that the eigenvectors can differ by a change of sign, since the
sign of an eigenvector is arbitrary.

@node Eigenvalue and Eigenvector References
@section References and Further Reading

Further information on the algorithms described in this section can be
found in the following book,

@itemize @asis
@item
G. H. Golub, C. F. Van Loan, @cite{Matrix Computations} (3rd Ed, 1996),
Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0-8018-5414-8.
@end itemize
@noindent
The @sc{lapack} library is described in,

@itemize @asis
@item
@cite{LAPACK Users' Guide} (Third Edition, 1999), Published by SIAM,
ISBN 0-89871-447-8.

@uref{http://www.netlib.org/lapack} 
@end itemize
@noindent
The @sc{lapack} source code can be found at the website above along with
an online copy of the users guide.
