---
name: "chetf2.f"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "lapack-doc"
version: "3.12.1-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chetf2.f"
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# chetf2.f(3)

## NAME

SRC/chetf2.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

subroutine **chetf2** (uplo, n, a, lda, ipiv, info)\
 **CHETF2** computes the factorization of a complex Hermitian matrix, using the diagonal pivoting method (unblocked algorithm calling Level 2 BLAS).

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### subroutine chetf2 (character uplo, integer n, complex, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, integer, dimension( \* ) ipiv, integer info)

**CHETF2** computes the factorization of a complex Hermitian matrix, using the diagonal pivoting method (unblocked algorithm calling Level 2 BLAS).

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CHETF2 computes the factorization of a complex Hermitian matrix A
!> using the Bunch-Kaufman diagonal pivoting method:
!>
!>    A = U*D*U**H  or  A = L*D*L**H
!>
!> where U (or L) is a product of permutation and unit upper (lower)
!> triangular matrices, U**H is the conjugate transpose of U, and D is
!> Hermitian and block diagonal with 1-by-1 and 2-by-2 diagonal blocks.
!>
!> This is the unblocked version of the algorithm, calling Level 2 BLAS.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*UPLO*

```
!>          UPLO is CHARACTER*1
!>          Specifies whether the upper or lower triangular part of the
!>          Hermitian matrix A is stored:
!>          = 'U':  Upper triangular
!>          = 'L':  Lower triangular
!>
```

*N*

```
!>          N is INTEGER
!>          The order of the matrix A.  N >= 0.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDA,N)
!>          On entry, the Hermitian matrix A.  If UPLO = 'U', the leading
!>          n-by-n upper triangular part of A contains the upper
!>          triangular part of the matrix A, and the strictly lower
!>          triangular part of A is not referenced.  If UPLO = 'L', the
!>          leading n-by-n lower triangular part of A contains the lower
!>          triangular part of the matrix A, and the strictly upper
!>          triangular part of A is not referenced.
!>
!>          On exit, the block diagonal matrix D and the multipliers used
!>          to obtain the factor U or L (see below for further details).
!>
```

*LDA*

```
!>          LDA is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array A.  LDA >= max(1,N).
!>
```

*IPIV*

```
!>          IPIV is INTEGER array, dimension (N)
!>          Details of the interchanges and the block structure of D.
!>
!>          If UPLO = 'U':
!>             If IPIV(k) > 0, then rows and columns k and IPIV(k) were
!>             interchanged and D(k,k) is a 1-by-1 diagonal block.
!>
!>             If IPIV(k) = IPIV(k-1) < 0, then rows and columns
!>             k-1 and -IPIV(k) were interchanged and D(k-1:k,k-1:k)
!>             is a 2-by-2 diagonal block.
!>
!>          If UPLO = 'L':
!>             If IPIV(k) > 0, then rows and columns k and IPIV(k) were
!>             interchanged and D(k,k) is a 1-by-1 diagonal block.
!>
!>             If IPIV(k) = IPIV(k+1) < 0, then rows and columns
!>             k+1 and -IPIV(k) were interchanged and D(k:k+1,k:k+1)
!>             is a 2-by-2 diagonal block.
!>
```

*INFO*

```
!>          INFO is INTEGER
!>          = 0: successful exit
!>          < 0: if INFO = -k, the k-th argument had an illegal value
!>          > 0: if INFO = k, D(k,k) is exactly zero.  The factorization
!>               has been completed, but the block diagonal matrix D is
!>               exactly singular, and division by zero will occur if it
!>               is used to solve a system of equations.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

**Further Details:**

```
!>
!>  09-29-06 - patch from
!>    Bobby Cheng, MathWorks
!>
!>    Replace l.210 and l.392
!>         IF( MAX( ABSAKK, COLMAX ).EQ.ZERO ) THEN
!>    by
!>         IF( (MAX( ABSAKK, COLMAX ).EQ.ZERO) .OR. SISNAN(ABSAKK) ) THEN
!>
!>  01-01-96 - Based on modifications by
!>    J. Lewis, Boeing Computer Services Company
!>    A. Petitet, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville, USA
!>
!>  If UPLO = 'U', then A = U*D*U**H, where
!>     U = P(n)*U(n)* ... *P(k)U(k)* ...,
!>  i.e., U is a product of terms P(k)*U(k), where k decreases from n to
!>  1 in steps of 1 or 2, and D is a block diagonal matrix with 1-by-1
!>  and 2-by-2 diagonal blocks D(k).  P(k) is a permutation matrix as
!>  defined by IPIV(k), and U(k) is a unit upper triangular matrix, such
!>  that if the diagonal block D(k) is of order s (s = 1 or 2), then
!>
!>             (   I    v    0   )   k-s
!>     U(k) =  (   0    I    0   )   s
!>             (   0    0    I   )   n-k
!>                k-s   s   n-k
!>
!>  If s = 1, D(k) overwrites A(k,k), and v overwrites A(1:k-1,k).
!>  If s = 2, the upper triangle of D(k) overwrites A(k-1,k-1), A(k-1,k),
!>  and A(k,k), and v overwrites A(1:k-2,k-1:k).
!>
!>  If UPLO = 'L', then A = L*D*L**H, where
!>     L = P(1)*L(1)* ... *P(k)*L(k)* ...,
!>  i.e., L is a product of terms P(k)*L(k), where k increases from 1 to
!>  n in steps of 1 or 2, and D is a block diagonal matrix with 1-by-1
!>  and 2-by-2 diagonal blocks D(k).  P(k) is a permutation matrix as
!>  defined by IPIV(k), and L(k) is a unit lower triangular matrix, such
!>  that if the diagonal block D(k) is of order s (s = 1 or 2), then
!>
!>             (   I    0     0   )  k-1
!>     L(k) =  (   0    I     0   )  s
!>             (   0    v     I   )  n-k-s+1
!>                k-1   s  n-k-s+1
!>
!>  If s = 1, D(k) overwrites A(k,k), and v overwrites A(k+1:n,k).
!>  If s = 2, the lower triangle of D(k) overwrites A(k,k), A(k+1,k),
!>  and A(k+1,k+1), and v overwrites A(k+2:n,k:k+1).
!>
```

Definition at line **185** of file **chetf2.f**.

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