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NAME
PDPOTRF - compute the Cholesky factorization of an N-by-N real symmetric positive definite
distributed matrix sub( A ) denoting A(IA:IA+N-1, JA:JA+N-1)
SYNOPSIS
SUBROUTINE PDPOTRF( UPLO, N, A, IA, JA, DESCA, INFO )
CHARACTER UPLO
INTEGER IA, INFO, JA, N
INTEGER DESCA( * )
DOUBLE PRECISION A( * )
PURPOSE
PDPOTRF computes the Cholesky factorization of an N-by-N real symmetric positive definite
distributed matrix sub( A ) denoting A(IA:IA+N-1, JA:JA+N-1).
The factorization has the form
sub( A ) = U' * U , if UPLO = 'U', or
sub( A ) = L * L', if UPLO = 'L',
where U is an upper triangular matrix and L is lower triangular.
Notes
=====
Each global data object is described by an associated description vector. This vector
stores the information required to establish the mapping between an object element and its
corresponding process and memory location.
Let A be a generic term for any 2D block cyclicly distributed array. Such a global array
has an associated description vector DESCA. In the following comments, the character _
should be read as "of the global array".
NOTATION STORED IN EXPLANATION
--------------- -------------- -------------------------------------- DTYPE_A(global)
DESCA( DTYPE_ )The descriptor type. In this case,
DTYPE_A = 1.
CTXT_A (global) DESCA( CTXT_ ) The BLACS context handle, indicating
the BLACS process grid A is distribu-
ted over. The context itself is glo-
bal, but the handle (the integer
value) may vary.
M_A (global) DESCA( M_ ) The number of rows in the global
array A.
N_A (global) DESCA( N_ ) The number of columns in the global
array A.
MB_A (global) DESCA( MB_ ) The blocking factor used to distribute
the rows of the array.
NB_A (global) DESCA( NB_ ) The blocking factor used to distribute
the columns of the array.
RSRC_A (global) DESCA( RSRC_ ) The process row over which the first
row of the array A is distributed. CSRC_A (global) DESCA(
CSRC_ ) The process column over which the
first column of the array A is
distributed.
LLD_A (local) DESCA( LLD_ ) The leading dimension of the local
array. LLD_A >= MAX(1,LOCr(M_A)).
Let K be the number of rows or columns of a distributed matrix, and assume that its
process grid has dimension p x q.
LOCr( K ) denotes the number of elements of K that a process would receive if K were
distributed over the p processes of its process column.
Similarly, LOCc( K ) denotes the number of elements of K that a process would receive if K
were distributed over the q processes of its process row.
The values of LOCr() and LOCc() may be determined via a call to the ScaLAPACK tool
function, NUMROC:
LOCr( M ) = NUMROC( M, MB_A, MYROW, RSRC_A, NPROW ),
LOCc( N ) = NUMROC( N, NB_A, MYCOL, CSRC_A, NPCOL ). An upper bound for these
quantities may be computed by:
LOCr( M ) <= ceil( ceil(M/MB_A)/NPROW )*MB_A
LOCc( N ) <= ceil( ceil(N/NB_A)/NPCOL )*NB_A
This routine requires square block decomposition ( MB_A = NB_A ).
ARGUMENTS
UPLO (global input) CHARACTER
= 'U': Upper triangle of sub( A ) is stored;
= 'L': Lower triangle of sub( A ) is stored.
N (global input) INTEGER
The number of rows and columns to be operated on, i.e. the order of the
distributed submatrix sub( A ). N >= 0.
A (local input/local output) DOUBLE PRECISION pointer into the
local memory to an array of dimension (LLD_A, LOCc(JA+N-1)). On entry, this array
contains the local pieces of the N-by-N symmetric distributed matrix sub( A ) to
be factored. If UPLO = 'U', the leading N-by-N upper triangular part of sub( A )
contains the upper triangular part of the matrix, and its strictly lower
triangular part is not referenced. If UPLO = 'L', the leading N-by-N lower
triangular part of sub( A ) contains the lower triangular part of the distribu-
ted matrix, and its strictly upper triangular part is not referenced. On exit, if
UPLO = 'U', the upper triangular part of the distributed matrix contains the
Cholesky factor U, if UPLO = 'L', the lower triangular part of the distribu- ted
matrix contains the Cholesky factor L.
IA (global input) INTEGER
The row index in the global array A indicating the first row of sub( A ).
JA (global input) INTEGER
The column index in the global array A indicating the first column of sub( A ).
DESCA (global and local input) INTEGER array of dimension DLEN_.
The array descriptor for the distributed matrix A.
INFO (global output) INTEGER
= 0: successful exit
< 0: If the i-th argument is an array and the j-entry had an illegal value, then
INFO = -(i*100+j), if the i-th argument is a scalar and had an illegal value, then
INFO = -i. > 0: If INFO = K, the leading minor of order K,
A(IA:IA+K-1,JA:JA+K-1) is not positive definite, and the factorization could not
be completed.