---
name: "clanhf"
section: "3lapack"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblapack-doc"
version: "3.2.1-8"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/clanhf/3lapack"
---

# clanhf(3lapack)

returns the value of the one norm, or the Frobenius norm, or the infinity norm, or the element of largest absolute value of a complex Hermitian matrix A in RFP format

## NAME

CLANHF - returns the value of the one norm, or the Frobenius norm, or the infinity norm, or the element of largest absolute value of a complex Hermitian matrix A in RFP format

## SYNOPSIS

- REAL FUNCTION

  CLANHF( NORM, TRANSR, UPLO, N, A, WORK )

- CHARACTER

  NORM, TRANSR, UPLO

- INTEGER

  N

- REAL

  WORK( 0: \* )

- COMPLEX

  A( 0: \* )

## PURPOSE

CLANHF  returns the value of the one norm,  or the Frobenius norm, or the  infinity norm,  or the  element of  largest absolute value  of a complex Hermitian matrix A in RFP format.

## DESCRIPTION

CLANHF returns the value\
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    CLANHF = ( max(abs(A(i,j))), NORM = 'M' or 'm'\
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             (\
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             ( norm1(A),         NORM = '1', 'O' or 'o'\
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             (\
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             ( normI(A),         NORM = 'I' or 'i'\
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             (\
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             ( normF(A),         NORM = 'F', 'f', 'E' or 'e' where  norm1  denotes the  one norm of a matrix (maximum column sum), normI  denotes the  infinity norm  of a matrix  (maximum row sum) and normF  denotes the  Frobenius norm of a matrix (square root of sum of squares).  Note that  max(abs(A(i,j)))  is not a  matrix norm.

## ARGUMENTS

- NORM (input) CHARACTER

  Specifies the value to be returned in CLANHF as described above.

- TRANSR (input) CHARACTER

  Specifies whether the RFP format of A is normal or conjugate-transposed format. = 'N':  RFP format is Normal\
   \= 'C':  RFP format is Conjugate-transposed

- UPLO (input) CHARACTER

  On entry, UPLO specifies whether the RFP matrix A came from an upper or lower triangular matrix as follows: UPLO = 'U' or 'u' RFP A came from an upper triangular matrix UPLO = 'L' or 'l' RFP A came from a  lower triangular matrix

- N (input) INTEGER

  The order of the matrix A.  N \>= 0.  When N = 0, CLANHF is set to zero.

- A (input) COMPLEX\*16 array, dimension ( N\*(N+1)/2 );

  On entry, the matrix A in RFP Format. RFP Format is described by TRANSR, UPLO and N as follows:\
   If TRANSR='N' then RFP A is (0:N,0:K-1) when N is even;\
   K=N/2. RFP A is (0:N-1,0:K) when N is odd; K=N/2. If TRANSR = 'C' then RFP is the Conjugate-transpose of RFP A as defined when TRANSR = 'N'. The contents of RFP A are defined by UPLO as follows: If UPLO = 'U' the RFP A contains the ( N\*(N+1)/2 ) elements of upper packed A either in normal or conjugate-transpose Format. If UPLO = 'L' the RFP A contains the ( N\*(N+1) /2 ) elements of lower packed A either in normal or conjugate-transpose Format. The LDA of RFP A is (N+1)/2 when TRANSR = 'C'. When TRANSR is 'N' the LDA is N+1 when N is even and is N when is odd. See the Note below for more details. Unchanged on exit.

- WORK (workspace) REAL array, dimension (LWORK),

  where LWORK \>= N when NORM = 'I' or '1' or 'O'; otherwise, WORK is not referenced.

## FURTHER DETAILS

We first consider Standard Packed Format when N is even.\
 We give an example where N = 6.\
\
     AP is Upper             AP is Lower\
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  00 01 02 03 04 05       00\
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     11 12 13 14 15       10 11\
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        22 23 24 25       20 21 22\
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           33 34 35       30 31 32 33\
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              44 45       40 41 42 43 44\
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                 55       50 51 52 53 54 55\
 Let TRANSR = 'N'. RFP holds AP as follows:\
 For UPLO = 'U' the upper trapezoid A(0:5,0:2) consists of the last three columns of AP upper. The lower triangle A(4:6,0:2) consists of conjugate-transpose of the first three columns of AP upper. For UPLO = 'L' the lower trapezoid A(1:6,0:2) consists of the first three columns of AP lower. The upper triangle A(0:2,0:2) consists of conjugate-transpose of the last three columns of AP lower. To denote conjugate we place -- above the element. This covers the case N even and TRANSR = 'N'.\
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        RFP A                   RFP A\
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                               \-- -- --\
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       03 04 05                33 43 53\
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                                  \-- --\
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       13 14 15                00 44 54\
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                                     \--\
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       23 24 25                10 11 55\
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       33 34 35                20 21 22\
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       \--\
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       00 44 45                30 31 32\
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       \-- --\
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       01 11 55                40 41 42\
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       \-- -- --\
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       02 12 22                50 51 52\
 Now let TRANSR = 'C'. RFP A in both UPLO cases is just the conjugate- transpose of RFP A above. One therefore gets:\
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          RFP A                   RFP A\
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    \-- -- -- --                -- -- -- -- -- --\
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    03 13 23 33 00 01 02    33 00 10 20 30 40 50\
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    \-- -- -- -- --                -- -- -- -- --\
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    04 14 24 34 44 11 12    43 44 11 21 31 41 51\
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    \-- -- -- -- -- --                -- -- -- --\
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    05 15 25 35 45 55 22    53 54 55 22 32 42 52\
 We next  consider Standard Packed Format when N is odd.\
 We give an example where N = 5.\
\
    AP is Upper                 AP is Lower\
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  00 01 02 03 04              00\
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     11 12 13 14              10 11\
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        22 23 24              20 21 22\
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           33 34              30 31 32 33\
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              44              40 41 42 43 44\
 Let TRANSR = 'N'. RFP holds AP as follows:\
 For UPLO = 'U' the upper trapezoid A(0:4,0:2) consists of the last three columns of AP upper. The lower triangle A(3:4,0:1) consists of conjugate-transpose of the first two   columns of AP upper. For UPLO = 'L' the lower trapezoid A(0:4,0:2) consists of the first three columns of AP lower. The upper triangle A(0:1,1:2) consists of conjugate-transpose of the last two   columns of AP lower. To denote conjugate we place -- above the element. This covers the case N odd  and TRANSR = 'N'.\
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        RFP A                   RFP A\
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                                  \-- --\
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       02 03 04                00 33 43\
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                                     \--\
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       12 13 14                10 11 44\
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       22 23 24                20 21 22\
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       \--\
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       00 33 34                30 31 32\
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       \-- --\
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       01 11 44                40 41 42\
 Now let TRANSR = 'C'. RFP A in both UPLO cases is just the conjugate- transpose of RFP A above. One therefore gets:\
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          RFP A                   RFP A\
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    \-- -- --                   -- -- -- -- -- --\
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    02 12 22 00 01             00 10 20 30 40 50\
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    \-- -- -- --                   -- -- -- -- --\
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    03 13 23 33 11             33 11 21 31 41 51\
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    \-- -- -- -- --                   -- -- -- --\
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    04 14 24 34 44             43 44 22 32 42 52\
