This repository contains some code to simplify the implementation and the testing of the Strassen's algorithm for matrix multiplication.
In order to test the differences in term of execution-time between the naive algorithm and the Strassen's algorithm, you need to implement both the algorithms. The former must be implementated by the function naive_matrix_multiplication in the file matrix.c and the latter by the function strassen_matrix_multiplication in the file strassen.c.
A Makefile can be produced by using cmake as follows:
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" CMakeLists.txtAfterwards you can compile the code by executing make. This produces an executable named strassen_test which can be executed in POSIX systems by using the command:
./strassen_test
n Naive Alg. Strassen's Alg. Same result
1 0.000000 0.000000 1
2 0.000000 0.000000 1
4 0.000000 0.000000 1
8 0.000000 0.000000 1
16 0.000000 0.000000 1
32 0.000000 0.000000 1
64 0.000000 0.000000 1
128 0.000000 0.000000 1
256 0.000000 0.000000 1
512 0.000000 0.000000 1
1024 0.000000 0.000000 1
2048 0.000000 0.000000 1
4096 0.000000 0.000000 1The first column in the output report the number of the rows and columns in the tested matrixes.
The second and third columns in the output reports the execution-time in seconds of the implementations of the naive algorithm and of the Strassen's algorithm, respectively. Since the two algorithms are not implemented in the repository, strassen_test initially reports 0 seconds for both of them.
Finally, the last column, which is excusively meant to validate the implementations, contains the value 1 if and only if the result of the naive algorithm and that of the Strassen's algorithm are the same.