NAG FL Interface
f07fdf (dpotrf)

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

1: $\mathbf{uplo}$ – Character(1) Input

On entry: specifies whether the upper or lower triangular part of $A$ is stored and how $A$ is to be factorized.

$\mathbf{uplo}=\text{'U'}$

The upper triangular part of $A$ is stored and $A$ is factorized as $U^{\mathrm{T}}U$, where $U$ is upper triangular.

$\mathbf{uplo}=\text{'L'}$

The lower triangular part of $A$ is stored and $A$ is factorized as $L{L}^{\mathrm{T}}$, where $L$ is lower triangular.

Constraint: $\mathbf{uplo}=\text{'U'}$ or $\text{'L'}$.

2: $\mathbf{n}$ – Integer Input

On entry: $n$, the order of the matrix $A$.

Constraint: $\mathbf{n}\ge 0$.

3: $\mathbf{a}(\mathbf{lda},*)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output

Note: the second dimension of the array a must be at least $\max (1,\mathbf{n})$.

On entry: the $n\times n$ symmetric positive definite matrix $A$.

• If $\mathbf{uplo}=\text{'U'}$, the upper triangular part of $A$ must be stored and the elements of the array below the diagonal are not referenced.
• If $\mathbf{uplo}=\text{'L'}$, the lower triangular part of $A$ must be stored and the elements of the array above the diagonal are not referenced.

On exit: the upper or lower triangle of $A$ is overwritten by the Cholesky factor $U$ or $L$ as specified by uplo.

4: $\mathbf{lda}$ – Integer Input

On entry: the first dimension of the array a as declared in the (sub)program from which f07fdf is called.

Constraint: $\mathbf{lda}\ge \max (1,\mathbf{n})$.

5: $\mathbf{info}$ – Integer Output

On exit: $\mathbf{info}=0$ unless the routine detects an error (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

$\mathbf{info}<0$

If $\mathbf{info}=-i$, argument $i$ had an illegal value. An explanatory message is output, and execution of the program is terminated.

$\mathbf{info}>0$

The leading minor of order $⟨\mathit{\text{value}}⟩$ is not positive definite and the factorization could not be completed. Hence $A$ itself is not positive definite. This may indicate an error in forming the matrix $A$. To factorize a symmetric matrix which is not positive definite, call f07mdf instead.

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results