# LUFactorization

VTKExamples/Cxx/Math/LUFactorization

### Code

LUFactorization.cxx

    #include <vtkMath.h>

    template<class TReal>
    TReal **create_matrix ( long nrow, long ncol ) {
      typedef TReal* TRealPointer;
      TReal **m = new TRealPointer[nrow];

      TReal* block = ( TReal* ) calloc ( nrow*ncol, sizeof ( TReal ) );
      m[0] = block;
      for ( int row = 1; row < nrow; ++row )
      {
        m[ row ] = &block[ row * ncol ];
      }
      return m;
    }

      /* free a TReal matrix allocated with matrix() */
      template<class TReal>
          void free_matrix ( TReal **m )
      {
      free ( m[0] );
      delete[] m;
      }

    void OutputMatrix(double** a)
    {
      std::cout << "[ " << a[0][0] << " " << a[0][1] << std::endl;
      std::cout << "  " << a[1][0] << " " << a[1][1] << " ]" << std::endl;
    }

    int main(int, char *[] )
    {
      // Create and populate matrix
      int n = 2;
      double **a = create_matrix<double> (n, n);
      a[0][0] = 4; a[0][1] = 3;
      a[1][0] = 6; a[1][1] = 3;

      //[4 3; 6 3] should decompose to [1 0; 1.5 1] * [4 3; 0 -1.5]

      std::cout << "a"<< std::endl;
      OutputMatrix(a);

      // These values do not seem to change the result?
      int pivotIndices[2] = {0, 0};

      //Decompose matrix A into LU form
      vtkMath::LUFactorLinearSystem(a, pivotIndices, n);

      std::cout << "A decomposed into (unit lower triangular) L and U:"<< std::endl;
      OutputMatrix(a);

      /* The resulting matrix,
       [6       3]
       [.66667  1]
       is a superposition of L and U, with L being a unit lower triangular matrix.
       That is, ones on the diagonal, zeros in the upper right triangle, and values in the lower left triangle.

      The diagonal of the resulting A is the diagonal of U. The upper right triangle of A is the upper right triangle of U.
      The lower left triangle of A is the lower left triangle of L (and remember, the diagonal of L is all 1's).
      */

      /*
      To show that the resulting interpretation of the output matrix A is correct, we form the matrices following the description above
      and show that they multiply to the original A matrix.
      octave:9> [1 0; .666667 1] * [6 3; 0 1]
      ans =

       6.0000   3.0000
       4.0000   3.0000
      */

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(LUFactorization)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(LUFactorization MACOSX_BUNDLE LUFactorization.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(LUFactorization ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build LUFactorization

Click here to download LUFactorization and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball LUFactorization.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd LUFactorization/build

If VTK is installed:

    cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

    cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

    make

and run it:

    ./LUFactorization

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.