---
name: "cpptrf.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/cpptrf.f"
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# cpptrf.f(3)

## NAME

SRC/cpptrf.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

subroutine **cpptrf** (uplo, n, ap, info)\
 **CPPTRF**

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### subroutine cpptrf (character uplo, integer n, complex, dimension( \* ) ap, integer info)

**CPPTRF**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CPPTRF computes the Cholesky factorization of a complex Hermitian
!> positive definite matrix A stored in packed format.
!>
!> The factorization has the form
!>    A = U**H * U,  if UPLO = 'U', or
!>    A = L  * L**H,  if UPLO = 'L',
!> where U is an upper triangular matrix and L is lower triangular.
!>
```

**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)*(2n-j)/2) = A(i,j) for j<=i<=n.
!>          See below for further details.
!>
!>          On exit, if INFO = 0, the triangular factor U or L from the
!>          Cholesky factorization A = U**H*U or A = L*L**H, in the same
!>          storage format as A.
!>
```

*INFO*

```
!>          INFO is INTEGER
!>          = 0:  successful exit
!>          < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value
!>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading principal minor of order i
!>                is not positive definite, and the factorization could
!>                not be completed.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

**Further Details:**

```
!>
!>  The packed storage scheme is illustrated by the following example
!>  when N = 4, UPLO = 'U':
!>
!>  Two-dimensional storage of the Hermitian matrix A:
!>
!>     a11 a12 a13 a14
!>         a22 a23 a24
!>             a33 a34     (aij = conjg(aji))
!>                 a44
!>
!>  Packed storage of the upper triangle of A:
!>
!>  AP = [ a11, a12, a22, a13, a23, a33, a14, a24, a34, a44 ]
!>
```

Definition at line **118** of file **cpptrf.f**.

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