SLAEV2(3) LAPACK routine of NEC Numeric Library Collection SLAEV2(3) NAME SLAEV2 SYNOPSIS SUBROUTINE SLAEV2 (A, B, C, RT1, RT2, CS1, SN1) PURPOSE SLAEV2 computes the eigendecomposition of a 2-by-2 symmetric matrix [ A B ] [ B C ]. On return, RT1 is the eigenvalue of larger absolute value, RT2 is the eigenvalue of smaller absolute value, and (CS1,SN1) is the unit right eigenvector for RT1, giving the decomposition [ CS1 SN1 ] [ A B ] [ CS1 -SN1 ] = [ RT1 0 ] [-SN1 CS1 ] [ B C ] [ SN1 CS1 ] [ 0 RT2 ]. ARGUMENTS A (input) A is REAL The (1,1) element of the 2-by-2 matrix. B (input) B is REAL The (1,2) element and the conjugate of the (2,1) element of the 2-by-2 matrix. C (input) C is REAL The (2,2) element of the 2-by-2 matrix. RT1 (output) RT1 is REAL The eigenvalue of larger absolute value. RT2 (output) RT2 is REAL The eigenvalue of smaller absolute value. CS1 (output) CS1 is REAL SN1 (output) SN1 is REAL The vector (CS1, SN1) is a unit right eigenvector for RT1. FURTHER DETAILS RT1 is accurate to a few ulps barring over/underflow. RT2 may be inaccurate if there is massive cancellation in the determinant A*C-B*B; higher precision or correctly rounded or correctly truncated arithmetic would be needed to compute RT2 accurately in all cases. CS1 and SN1 are accurate to a few ulps barring over/underflow. Overflow is possible only if RT1 is within a factor of 5 of overflow. Underflow is harmless if the input data is 0 or exceeds underflow_threshold / macheps. LAPACK routine 31 October 2017 SLAEV2(3)