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I need help with writing a generic implementation of Gaussian Elimination in Jav

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Question

I need help with writing a generic implementation of Gaussian Elimination in Java. I have an normal implementation, but I do not know how to make it to where it is Generic and not type-specific. Please help. Below is the code to make generic:

public class GaussianElimination {
private static final double EPSILON = 1e-10;

// Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting
public static double[] lsolve(double[][] A, double[] b) {
int n = b.length;

for (int p = 0; p < n; p++) {

// find pivot row and swap
int max = p;
for (int i = p + 1; i < n; i++) {
if (Math.abs(A[i][p]) > Math.abs(A[max][p])) {
max = i;
}
}
double[] temp = A[p]; A[p] = A[max]; A[max] = temp;
double t = b[p]; b[p] = b[max]; b[max] = t;

// singular or nearly singular
if (Math.abs(A[p][p]) <= EPSILON) {
throw new ArithmeticException("Matrix is singular or nearly singular");
}

// pivot within A and b
for (int i = p + 1; i < n; i++) {
double alpha = A[i][p] / A[p][p];
b[i] -= alpha * b[p];
for (int j = p; j < n; j++) {
A[i][j] -= alpha * A[p][j];
}
}
}

// back substitution
double[] x = new double[n];
for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
double sum = 0.0;
for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
sum += A[i][j] * x[j];
}
x[i] = (b[i] - sum) / A[i][i];
}
return x;
}


// sample client
public static void main(String[] args) {
int n = 3;
double[][] A = {
{ 0, 1, 1 },
{ 2, 4, -2 },
{ 0, 3, 15 }
};
double[] b = { 4, 2, 36 };
double[] x = lsolve(A, b);


// print results
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
StdOut.println(x[i]);
}

}

}

Explanation / Answer

you used in your program partial pivoting of guassian elimination.

here, I use implementation of guassian that will reduced row:

import java.util.Scanner;

/** Class GaussianElimination **/

public class GaussianElimination

{

    public void solve(double[][] A, double[] B)

    {

        int N = B.length;

        for (int k = 0; k < N; k++)

       {

            /** find pivot row **/

            int max = k;

            for (int i = k + 1; i < N; i++)

                if (Math.abs(A[i][k]) > Math.abs(A[max][k]))

                    max = i;

            /** swap row in A matrix **/   

            double[] temp = A[k];

            A[k] = A[max];

            A[max] = temp;

            /** swap corresponding values in constants matrix **/

            double t = B[k];

            B[k] = B[max];

            B[max] = t;

            /** pivot within A and B **/

            for (int i = k + 1; i < N; i++)

            {

                double factor = A[i][k] / A[k][k];

                B[i] -= factor * B[k];

                for (int j = k; j < N; j++)

                    A[i][j] -= factor * A[k][j];

            }

        }

        /** Print row echelon form **/

        printRowEchelonForm(A, B);

        /** back substitution **/

        double[] solution = new double[N];

        for (int i = N - 1; i >= 0; i--)

        {

            double sum = 0.0;

            for (int j = i + 1; j < N; j++)

                sum += A[i][j] * solution[j];

            solution[i] = (B[i] - sum) / A[i][i];

        }       

        /** Print solution **/

        printSolution(solution);

    }

    /** function to print in row    echleon form **/

    public void printRowEchelonForm(double[][] A, double[] B)

    {

        int N = B.length;

        System.out.println(" Row Echelon form : ");

        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

           {

               for (int j = 0; j < N; j++)

                   System.out.printf("%.3f ", A[i][j]);

               System.out.printf("| %.3f ", B[i]);

           }

           System.out.println();

    }

    /** function to print solution **/

    public void printSolution(double[] sol)

    {

        int N = sol.length;

        System.out.println(" Solution : ");

        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

            System.out.printf("%.3f ", sol[i]);  

        System.out.println();    

    }   

    /** Main function **/

    public static void main (String[] args)

    {

        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("Gaussian Elimination Algorithm Test ");

        /** Make an object of GaussianElimination class **/

       GaussianElimination ge = new GaussianElimination();

        System.out.println(" Enter number of variables");

        int N = scan.nextInt();

        double[] B = new double[N];

        double[][] A = new double[N][N];

        System.out.println(" Enter "+ N +" equations coefficients ");

        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

            for (int j = 0; j < N; j++)

                A[i][j] = scan.nextDouble();

        System.out.println(" Enter "+ N +" solutions");

        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

            B[i] = scan.nextDouble();

        ge.solve(A,B);

    }

}