library(Matrix) ## Matrix Exponential ## checking; 'show' is for convenience of the developer assert.EQ.mat <- function(M, m, tol = if(show) 0 else 1e-15, show=FALSE) { ## temporary fix for R-2.0.1 MM <- as(M, "matrix") attr(MM, "dimnames") <- NULL if(show) all.equal(MM, m, tol = tol) else stopifnot(all.equal(MM, m, tol = tol)) } ## The relative error typically returned by all.equal: relErr <- function(target, current) mean(abs(target - current)) / mean(abs(target)) ## e ^ 0 = 1 - for matrices: assert.EQ.mat(expm(Matrix(0, 3,3)), diag(3), tol = 0)# exactly ## e ^ diag(.) = diag(e ^ .): assert.EQ.mat(expm(as(diag(-1:4), "dgeMatrix")), diag(exp(-1:4))) set.seed(1) rE <- replicate(100, { x <- rlnorm(12) relErr(as(expm(as(diag(x), "dgeMatrix")), "matrix"), diag(exp(x))) }) stopifnot(mean(rE) < 1e-15, max(rE) < 1e-14) summary(rE) ## Some small matrices m1 <- Matrix(c(1,0,1,1), nc = 2) e1 <- expm(m1) assert.EQ.mat(e1, cbind(c(exp(1),0), exp(1))) m2 <- Matrix(c(-49, -64, 24, 31), nc = 2) e2 <- expm(m2) ## The true matrix exponential is 'te2': e_1 <- exp(-1) e_17 <- exp(-17) te2 <- rbind(c(3*e_17 - 2*e_1, -3/2*e_17 + 3/2*e_1), c(4*e_17 - 4*e_1, -2 *e_17 + 3 *e_1)) assert.EQ.mat(e2, te2, tol = 1e-13) ## See the (average relative) difference: all.equal(as(e2,"matrix"), te2, tol = 0) # 1.48e-14 on "lynne" ## The ``surprising identity'' det(exp(A)) == exp( tr(A) ) ## or log det(exp(A)) == tr(A) : stopifnot(all.equal(determinant(e2)$modulus, sum(diag(m2)))) m3 <- Matrix(cbind(0,rbind(6*diag(3),0)), nc = 4) e3 <- expm(m3) assert.EQ.mat(e3, rbind(c(1,6,18,36), c(0,1, 6,18), c(0,0, 1, 6), c(0,0, 0, 1))) proc.time() # for ``statistical reasons''