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+## Copyright (C) 2008-2012 N.J. Higham
+## Copyright (C) 2010 Richard T. Guy <guyrt7@wfu.edu>
+## Copyright (C) 2010 Marco Caliari <marco.caliari@univr.it>
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
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+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{s} =} logm (@var{A})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{s} =} logm (@var{A}, @var{opt_iters})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{s}, @var{iters}] =} logm (@dots{})
+## Compute the matrix logarithm of the square matrix @var{A}. The
+## implementation utilizes a Pad@'e approximant and the identity
+##
+## @example
+## logm (@var{A}) = 2^k * logm (@var{A}^(1 / 2^k))
+## @end example
+##
+## The optional argument @var{opt_iters} is the maximum number of square roots
+## to compute and defaults to 100. The optional output @var{iters} is the
+## number of square roots actually computed.
+## @seealso{expm, sqrtm}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Reference: N. J. Higham, Functions of Matrices: Theory and Computation
+## (SIAM, 2008.)
+##
+
+function [s, iters] = logm (A, opt_iters = 100)
+
+ if (nargin == 0 || nargin > 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! issquare (A))
+ error ("logm: A must be a square matrix");
+ endif
+
+ if (isscalar (A))
+ s = log (A);
+ return;
+ elseif (strfind (typeinfo (A), "diagonal matrix"))
+ s = diag (log (diag (A)));
+ return;
+ endif
+
+ [u, s] = schur (A);
+
+ if (isreal (A))
+ [u, s] = rsf2csf (u, s);
+ endif
+
+ eigv = diag (s);
+ if (any (eigv < 0))
+ warning ("Octave:logm:non-principal",
+ "logm: principal matrix logarithm is not defined for matrices with negative eigenvalues; computing non-principal logarithm");
+ endif
+
+ real_eig = all (eigv >= 0);
+
+ k = 0;
+ ## Algorithm 11.9 in "Function of matrices", by N. Higham
+ theta = [0, 0, 1.61e-2, 5.38e-2, 1.13e-1, 1.86e-1, 2.6429608311114350e-1];
+ p = 0;
+ m = 7;
+ while (k < opt_iters)
+ tau = norm (s - eye (size (s)),1);
+ if (tau <= theta (7))
+ p = p + 1;
+ j(1) = find (tau <= theta, 1);
+ j(2) = find (tau / 2 <= theta, 1);
+ if (j(1) - j(2) <= 1 || p == 2)
+ m = j(1);
+ break
+ endif
+ endif
+ k = k + 1;
+ s = sqrtm (s);
+ endwhile
+
+ if (k >= opt_iters)
+ warning ("logm: maximum number of square roots exceeded; results may still be accurate");
+ endif
+
+ s = s - eye (size (s));
+
+ if (m > 1)
+ s = logm_pade_pf (s, m);
+ endif
+
+ s = 2^k * u * s * u';
+
+ ## Remove small complex values (O(eps)) which may have entered calculation
+ if (real_eig && isreal(A))
+ s = real (s);
+ endif
+
+ if (nargout == 2)
+ iters = k;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+################## ANCILLARY FUNCTIONS ################################
+###### Taken from the mfttoolbox (GPL 3) by D. Higham.
+###### Reference:
+###### D. Higham, Functions of Matrices: Theory and Computation
+###### (SIAM, 2008.).
+#######################################################################
+
+##LOGM_PADE_PF Evaluate Pade approximant to matrix log by partial fractions.
+## Y = LOGM_PADE_PF(A,M) evaluates the [M/M] Pade approximation to
+## LOG(EYE(SIZE(A))+A) using a partial fraction expansion.
+
+function s = logm_pade_pf (A, m)
+ [nodes, wts] = gauss_legendre (m);
+ ## Convert from [-1,1] to [0,1].
+ nodes = (nodes+1)/2;
+ wts = wts/2;
+
+ n = length (A);
+ s = zeros (n);
+ for j = 1:m
+ s += wts(j)*(A/(eye (n) + nodes(j)*A));
+ endfor
+endfunction
+
+######################################################################
+## GAUSS_LEGENDRE Nodes and weights for Gauss-Legendre quadrature.
+## [X,W] = GAUSS_LEGENDRE(N) computes the nodes X and weights W
+## for N-point Gauss-Legendre quadrature.
+
+## Reference:
+## G. H. Golub and J. H. Welsch, Calculation of Gauss quadrature
+## rules, Math. Comp., 23(106):221-230, 1969.
+
+function [x, w] = gauss_legendre (n)
+ i = 1:n-1;
+ v = i./sqrt ((2*i).^2-1);
+ [V, D] = eig (diag (v, -1) + diag (v, 1));
+ x = diag (D);
+ w = 2*(V(1,:)'.^2);
+endfunction
+
+
+%!assert(norm(logm([1 -1;0 1]) - [0 -1; 0 0]) < 1e-5);
+%!assert(norm(expm(logm([-1 2 ; 4 -1])) - [-1 2 ; 4 -1]) < 1e-5);
+%!assert(logm([1 -1 -1;0 1 -1; 0 0 1]), [0 -1 -1.5; 0 0 -1; 0 0 0], 1e-5);
+%!assert (logm (expm ([0 1i; -1i 0])), [0 1i; -1i 0], 10 * eps)
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error logm ();
+%!error logm (1, 2, 3);
+%!error <logm: A must be a square matrix> logm([1 0;0 1; 2 2]);
+
+%!assert (logm (10), log (10))
+%!assert (full (logm (eye (3))), logm (full (eye (3))))
+%!assert (full (logm (10*eye (3))), logm (full (10*eye (3))), 8*eps)