---
name: "gelqt"
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/gelqt"
---

# gelqt(3)

gelqt: LQ factor, with T

## NAME

gelqt - gelqt: LQ factor, with T

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions

subroutine **cgelqt** (m, n, mb, a, lda, t, ldt, work, info)\
 **CGELQT**  subroutine **dgelqt** (m, n, mb, a, lda, t, ldt, work, info)\
 **DGELQT**  subroutine **sgelqt** (m, n, mb, a, lda, t, ldt, work, info)\
 **SGELQT**  subroutine **zgelqt** (m, n, mb, a, lda, t, ldt, work, info)\
 **ZGELQT**

## Detailed Description

## Function Documentation

### subroutine cgelqt (integer m, integer n, integer mb, complex, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, complex, dimension( ldt, \* ) t, integer ldt, complex, dimension( \* ) work, integer info)

**CGELQT**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CGELQT computes a blocked LQ factorization of a complex M-by-N matrix A
!> using the compact WY representation of Q.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix A.  M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

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

*MB*

```
!>          MB is INTEGER
!>          The block size to be used in the blocked QR.  MIN(M,N) >= MB >= 1.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDA,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix A.
!>          On exit, the elements on and below the diagonal of the array
!>          contain the M-by-MIN(M,N) lower trapezoidal matrix L (L is
!>          lower triangular if M <= N); the elements above the diagonal
!>          are the rows of V.
!>
```

*LDA*

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

*T*

```
!>          T is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDT,MIN(M,N))
!>          The upper triangular block reflectors stored in compact form
!>          as a sequence of upper triangular blocks.  See below
!>          for further details.
!>
```

*LDT*

```
!>          LDT is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array T.  LDT >= MB.
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is COMPLEX array, dimension (MB*N)
!>
```

*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:**

```
!>
!>  The matrix V stores the elementary reflectors H(i) in the i-th row
!>  above the diagonal. For example, if M=5 and N=3, the matrix V is
!>
!>               V = (  1  v1 v1 v1 v1 )
!>                   (     1  v2 v2 v2 )
!>                   (         1 v3 v3 )
!>
!>
!>  where the vi's represent the vectors which define H(i), which are returned
!>  in the matrix A.  The 1's along the diagonal of V are not stored in A.
!>  Let K=MIN(M,N).  The number of blocks is B = ceiling(K/MB), where each
!>  block is of order MB except for the last block, which is of order
!>  IB = K - (B-1)*MB.  For each of the B blocks, a upper triangular block
!>  reflector factor is computed: T1, T2, ..., TB.  The MB-by-MB (and IB-by-IB
!>  for the last block) T's are stored in the MB-by-K matrix T as
!>
!>               T = (T1 T2 ... TB).
!>
```

Definition at line **123** of file **cgelqt.f**.

### subroutine dgelqt (integer m, integer n, integer mb, double precision, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, double precision, dimension( ldt, \* ) t, integer ldt, double precision, dimension( \* ) work, integer info)

**DGELQT**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> DGELQT computes a blocked LQ factorization of a real M-by-N matrix A
!> using the compact WY representation of Q.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix A.  M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

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

*MB*

```
!>          MB is INTEGER
!>          The block size to be used in the blocked QR.  MIN(M,N) >= MB >= 1.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDA,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix A.
!>          On exit, the elements on and below the diagonal of the array
!>          contain the M-by-MIN(M,N) lower trapezoidal matrix L (L is
!>          lower triangular if M <= N); the elements above the diagonal
!>          are the rows of V.
!>
```

*LDA*

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

*T*

```
!>          T is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDT,MIN(M,N))
!>          The upper triangular block reflectors stored in compact form
!>          as a sequence of upper triangular blocks.  See below
!>          for further details.
!>
```

*LDT*

```
!>          LDT is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array T.  LDT >= MB.
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (MB*N)
!>
```

*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:**

```
!>
!>  The matrix V stores the elementary reflectors H(i) in the i-th row
!>  above the diagonal. For example, if M=5 and N=3, the matrix V is
!>
!>               V = (  1  v1 v1 v1 v1 )
!>                   (     1  v2 v2 v2 )
!>                   (         1 v3 v3 )
!>
!>
!>  where the vi's represent the vectors which define H(i), which are returned
!>  in the matrix A.  The 1's along the diagonal of V are not stored in A.
!>  Let K=MIN(M,N).  The number of blocks is B = ceiling(K/MB), where each
!>  block is of order MB except for the last block, which is of order
!>  IB = K - (B-1)*MB.  For each of the B blocks, a upper triangular block
!>  reflector factor is computed: T1, T2, ..., TB.  The MB-by-MB (and IB-by-IB
!>  for the last block) T's are stored in the MB-by-K matrix T as
!>
!>               T = (T1 T2 ... TB).
!>
```

Definition at line **138** of file **dgelqt.f**.

### subroutine sgelqt (integer m, integer n, integer mb, real, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, real, dimension( ldt, \* ) t, integer ldt, real, dimension( \* ) work, integer info)

**SGELQT**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SGELQT computes a blocked LQ factorization of a real M-by-N matrix A
!> using the compact WY representation of Q.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix A.  M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

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

*MB*

```
!>          MB is INTEGER
!>          The block size to be used in the blocked QR.  MIN(M,N) >= MB >= 1.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is REAL array, dimension (LDA,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix A.
!>          On exit, the elements on and below the diagonal of the array
!>          contain the M-by-MIN(M,N) lower trapezoidal matrix L (L is
!>          lower triangular if M <= N); the elements above the diagonal
!>          are the rows of V.
!>
```

*LDA*

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

*T*

```
!>          T is REAL array, dimension (LDT,MIN(M,N))
!>          The upper triangular block reflectors stored in compact form
!>          as a sequence of upper triangular blocks.  See below
!>          for further details.
!>
```

*LDT*

```
!>          LDT is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array T.  LDT >= MB.
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is REAL array, dimension (MB*N)
!>
```

*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:**

```
!>
!>  The matrix V stores the elementary reflectors H(i) in the i-th row
!>  above the diagonal. For example, if M=5 and N=3, the matrix V is
!>
!>               V = (  1  v1 v1 v1 v1 )
!>                   (     1  v2 v2 v2 )
!>                   (         1 v3 v3 )
!>
!>
!>  where the vi's represent the vectors which define H(i), which are returned
!>  in the matrix A.  The 1's along the diagonal of V are not stored in A.
!>  Let K=MIN(M,N).  The number of blocks is B = ceiling(K/MB), where each
!>  block is of order MB except for the last block, which is of order
!>  IB = K - (B-1)*MB.  For each of the B blocks, a upper triangular block
!>  reflector factor is computed: T1, T2, ..., TB.  The MB-by-MB (and IB-by-IB
!>  for the last block) T's are stored in the MB-by-K matrix T as
!>
!>               T = (T1 T2 ... TB).
!>
```

Definition at line **123** of file **sgelqt.f**.

### subroutine zgelqt (integer m, integer n, integer mb, complex\*16, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, complex\*16, dimension( ldt, \* ) t, integer ldt, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) work, integer info)

**ZGELQT**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> ZGELQT computes a blocked LQ factorization of a complex M-by-N matrix A
!> using the compact WY representation of Q.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix A.  M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

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

*MB*

```
!>          MB is INTEGER
!>          The block size to be used in the blocked QR.  MIN(M,N) >= MB >= 1.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDA,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix A.
!>          On exit, the elements on and below the diagonal of the array
!>          contain the M-by-MIN(M,N) lower trapezoidal matrix L (L is
!>          lower triangular if M <= N); the elements above the diagonal
!>          are the rows of V.
!>
```

*LDA*

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

*T*

```
!>          T is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDT,MIN(M,N))
!>          The upper triangular block reflectors stored in compact form
!>          as a sequence of upper triangular blocks.  See below
!>          for further details.
!>
```

*LDT*

```
!>          LDT is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array T.  LDT >= MB.
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (MB*N)
!>
```

*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:**

```
!>
!>  The matrix V stores the elementary reflectors H(i) in the i-th row
!>  above the diagonal. For example, if M=5 and N=3, the matrix V is
!>
!>               V = (  1  v1 v1 v1 v1 )
!>                   (     1  v2 v2 v2 )
!>                   (         1 v3 v3 )
!>
!>
!>  where the vi's represent the vectors which define H(i), which are returned
!>  in the matrix A.  The 1's along the diagonal of V are not stored in A.
!>  Let K=MIN(M,N).  The number of blocks is B = ceiling(K/MB), where each
!>  block is of order MB except for the last block, which is of order
!>  IB = K - (B-1)*MB.  For each of the B blocks, a upper triangular block
!>  reflector factor is computed: T1, T2, ..., TB.  The MB-by-MB (and IB-by-IB
!>  for the last block) T's are stored in the MB-by-K matrix T as
!>
!>               T = (T1 T2 ... TB).
!>
```

Definition at line **138** of file **zgelqt.f**.

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