# lapeighvi¶

## Purpose¶

Computes selected eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a real symmetric or complex Hermitian matrix.

## Format¶

{ ve, va } = lapeighvi(x, il, iu, abstol)
Parameters: x (NxN matrix) – real symmetric or complex Hermitian. il (scalar) – index of the smallest desired eigenvalue ranking them from smallest to largest. iu (scalar) – index of the largest desired eigenvalue, iu must be greater than il. abstol (scalar) – the absolute error tolerance for the eigenvalues. An approximate eigenvalue is accepted as converged when it is determined to lie in an interval $$[a, b]$$ of width less than or equal to $$abstol + EPS*max(|a|, |b|)$$, where EPS is machine precision. If abstol is less than or equal to zero, then $$EPS*||T||$$ will be used in its place, where T is the tridiagonal matrix obtained by reducing the input matrix to tridiagonal form. ve ((iu-il+1)x1 vector) – eigenvalues. va (Nx(iu-il+1) matrix) – eigenvectors.

## Examples¶

// Assign x
x = { 5 2 1,
2 6 2,
1 2 9 };

// Index of smallest desired eigenvalue
il = 2;

// Index of largest desired eigenvalue
iu = 3;

// Compute eigenvalues with indices between
// il and iu and the corresponding eigenvectors
{ ve, va } = lapeighvi(x, il, iu, 0);
print "ve = " ve;
print "va = " va;

ve =
6.0000
10.6056

va =
-0.5774   0.3197
-0.5774   0.4908
0.5774   0.8105


## Remarks¶

lapeighvi() computes $$iu-il+1$$ eigenvalues and eigenvectors given a range of indices, i.e., the ith to jth eigenvalues, ranking them from smallest to largest. To find eigenvalues and eigenvectors within a specified range see lapeighvb(). lapeighvi() is based on the LAPACK drivers DSYEVX and ZHEEVX. Further documentation of these functions may be found in the LAPACK User’s Guide.