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# chptrd.f(3)

## NAME

SRC/chptrd.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

subroutine **chptrd** (uplo, n, ap, d, e, tau, info)\
 **CHPTRD**

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### subroutine chptrd (character uplo, integer n, complex, dimension( \* ) ap, real, dimension( \* ) d, real, dimension( \* ) e, complex, dimension( \* ) tau, integer info)

**CHPTRD**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CHPTRD reduces a complex Hermitian matrix A stored in packed form to
!> real symmetric tridiagonal form T by a unitary similarity
!> transformation: Q**H * A * Q = T.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*UPLO*

```
!>          UPLO is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'U':  Upper triangle of A is stored;
!>          = 'L':  Lower triangle of A is stored.
!>
```

*N*

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

*AP*

```
!>          AP is COMPLEX array, dimension (N*(N+1)/2)
!>          On entry, the upper or lower triangle of the Hermitian matrix
!>          A, packed columnwise in a linear array.  The j-th column of A
!>          is stored in the array AP as follows:
!>          if UPLO = 'U', AP(i + (j-1)*j/2) = A(i,j) for 1<=i<=j;
!>          if UPLO = 'L', AP(i + (j-1)*(2*n-j)/2) = A(i,j) for j<=i<=n.
!>          On exit, if UPLO = 'U', the diagonal and first superdiagonal
!>          of A are overwritten by the corresponding elements of the
!>          tridiagonal matrix T, and the elements above the first
!>          superdiagonal, with the array TAU, represent the unitary
!>          matrix Q as a product of elementary reflectors; if UPLO
!>          = 'L', the diagonal and first subdiagonal of A are over-
!>          written by the corresponding elements of the tridiagonal
!>          matrix T, and the elements below the first subdiagonal, with
!>          the array TAU, represent the unitary matrix Q as a product
!>          of elementary reflectors. See Further Details.
!>
```

*D*

```
!>          D is REAL array, dimension (N)
!>          The diagonal elements of the tridiagonal matrix T:
!>          D(i) = A(i,i).
!>
```

*E*

```
!>          E is REAL array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The off-diagonal elements of the tridiagonal matrix T:
!>          E(i) = A(i,i+1) if UPLO = 'U', E(i) = A(i+1,i) if UPLO = 'L'.
!>
```

*TAU*

```
!>          TAU is COMPLEX array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The scalar factors of the elementary reflectors (see Further
!>          Details).
!>
```

*INFO*

```
!>          INFO is INTEGER
!>          = 0:  successful exit
!>          < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

**Further Details:**

```
!>
!>  If UPLO = 'U', the matrix Q is represented as a product of elementary
!>  reflectors
!>
!>     Q = H(n-1) . . . H(2) H(1).
!>
!>  Each H(i) has the form
!>
!>     H(i) = I - tau * v * v**H
!>
!>  where tau is a complex scalar, and v is a complex vector with
!>  v(i+1:n) = 0 and v(i) = 1; v(1:i-1) is stored on exit in AP,
!>  overwriting A(1:i-1,i+1), and tau is stored in TAU(i).
!>
!>  If UPLO = 'L', the matrix Q is represented as a product of elementary
!>  reflectors
!>
!>     Q = H(1) H(2) . . . H(n-1).
!>
!>  Each H(i) has the form
!>
!>     H(i) = I - tau * v * v**H
!>
!>  where tau is a complex scalar, and v is a complex vector with
!>  v(1:i) = 0 and v(i+1) = 1; v(i+2:n) is stored on exit in AP,
!>  overwriting A(i+2:n,i), and tau is stored in TAU(i).
!>
```

Definition at line **150** of file **chptrd.f**.

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