## Copyright (C) 2006-2011 David Bateman and Marco Caliari
## Copyright (C) 2009 VZLU Prague
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{n} =} normest (@var{A})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{n} =} normest (@var{A}, @var{tol})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{n}, @var{c}] =} normest (@dots{})
## Estimate the 2-norm of the matrix @var{A} using a power series
## analysis.  This is typically used for large matrices, where the cost
## of calculating @code{norm (@var{A})} is prohibitive and an approximation
## to the 2-norm is acceptable.
##
## @var{tol} is the tolerance to which the 2-norm is calculated.  By default
## @var{tol} is 1e-6.  @var{c} returns the number of iterations needed for
## @code{normest} to converge.
## @end deftypefn

function [n, c] = normest (A, tol = 1e-6)

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (! (isnumeric (A) && ndims (A) == 2))
    error ("normest: A must be a numeric 2-D matrix");
  endif

  if (! (isscalar (tol) && isreal (tol)))
    error ("normest: TOL must be a real scalar");
  endif

  if (! isfloat (A))
    A = double (A);
  endif

  tol = max (tol, eps (class (A)));
  ## Set random number generator to depend on target matrix
  v = rand ("state");
  rand ("state", trace (A));
  ncols = columns (A);
  ## Randomize y to avoid bad guesses for important matrices.
  y = rand (ncols, 1);
  c = 0;
  n = 0;
  do
    n0 = n;
    x = A * y;
    normx = norm (x);
    if (normx == 0)
      x = rand (ncols, 1);
    else
      x = x / normx;
    endif
    y = A' * x;
    n = norm (y);
    c += 1;
  until (abs (n - n0) <= tol * n)

  rand ("state", v);    # restore state of random number generator
endfunction

%!test
%! A = toeplitz ([-2,1,0,0]);
%! assert (normest(A), norm(A), 1e-6);

%!test
%! A = rand (10);
%! assert (normest(A), norm(A), 1e-6);

%% Test input validation
%!error normest ()
%!error normest (1, 2, 3)
%!error normest ([true true])
%!error normest (ones (3,3,3))
%!error normest (1, [1, 2])
%!error normest (1, 1+1i)

