---
name: "gtrfs"
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/gtrfs"
---

# gtrfs(3)

gtrfs: iterative refinement

## NAME

gtrfs - gtrfs: iterative refinement

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions

subroutine **cgtrfs** (trans, n, nrhs, dl, d, du, dlf, df, duf, du2, ipiv, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, rwork, info)\
 **CGTRFS**  subroutine **dgtrfs** (trans, n, nrhs, dl, d, du, dlf, df, duf, du2, ipiv, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, iwork, info)\
 **DGTRFS**  subroutine **sgtrfs** (trans, n, nrhs, dl, d, du, dlf, df, duf, du2, ipiv, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, iwork, info)\
 **SGTRFS**  subroutine **zgtrfs** (trans, n, nrhs, dl, d, du, dlf, df, duf, du2, ipiv, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, rwork, info)\
 **ZGTRFS**

## Detailed Description

## Function Documentation

### subroutine cgtrfs (character trans, integer n, integer nrhs, complex, dimension( \* ) dl, complex, dimension( \* ) d, complex, dimension( \* ) du, complex, dimension( \* ) dlf, complex, dimension( \* ) df, complex, dimension( \* ) duf, complex, dimension( \* ) du2, integer, dimension( \* ) ipiv, complex, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, complex, dimension( ldx, \* ) x, integer ldx, real, dimension( \* ) ferr, real, dimension( \* ) berr, complex, dimension( \* ) work, real, dimension( \* ) rwork, integer info)

**CGTRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CGTRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is tridiagonal, and provides
!> error bounds and backward error estimates for the solution.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          Specifies the form of the system of equations:
!>          = 'N':  A * X = B     (No transpose)
!>          = 'T':  A**T * X = B  (Transpose)
!>          = 'C':  A**H * X = B  (Conjugate transpose)
!>
```

*N*

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

*NRHS*

```
!>          NRHS is INTEGER
!>          The number of right hand sides, i.e., the number of columns
!>          of the matrix B.  NRHS >= 0.
!>
```

*DL*

```
!>          DL is COMPLEX array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) subdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*D*

```
!>          D is COMPLEX array, dimension (N)
!>          The diagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DU*

```
!>          DU is COMPLEX array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) superdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DLF*

```
!>          DLF is COMPLEX array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) multipliers that define the matrix L from the
!>          LU factorization of A as computed by CGTTRF.
!>
```

*DF*

```
!>          DF is COMPLEX array, dimension (N)
!>          The n diagonal elements of the upper triangular matrix U from
!>          the LU factorization of A.
!>
```

*DUF*

```
!>          DUF is COMPLEX array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) elements of the first superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*DU2*

```
!>          DU2 is COMPLEX array, dimension (N-2)
!>          The (n-2) elements of the second superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*IPIV*

```
!>          IPIV is INTEGER array, dimension (N)
!>          The pivot indices; for 1 <= i <= n, row i of the matrix was
!>          interchanged with row IPIV(i).  IPIV(i) will always be either
!>          i or i+1; IPIV(i) = i indicates a row interchange was not
!>          required.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          The right hand side matrix B.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*X*

```
!>          X is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDX,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the solution matrix X, as computed by CGTTRS.
!>          On exit, the improved solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDX*

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

*FERR*

```
!>          FERR is REAL array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The estimated forward error bound for each solution vector
!>          X(j) (the j-th column of the solution matrix X).
!>          If XTRUE is the true solution corresponding to X(j), FERR(j)
!>          is an estimated upper bound for the magnitude of the largest
!>          element in (X(j) - XTRUE) divided by the magnitude of the
!>          largest element in X(j).  The estimate is as reliable as
!>          the estimate for RCOND, and is almost always a slight
!>          overestimate of the true error.
!>
```

*BERR*

```
!>          BERR is REAL array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The componentwise relative backward error of each solution
!>          vector X(j) (i.e., the smallest relative change in
!>          any element of A or B that makes X(j) an exact solution).
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is COMPLEX array, dimension (2*N)
!>
```

*RWORK*

```
!>          RWORK is REAL array, dimension (N)
!>
```

*INFO*

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

**Internal Parameters:**

```
!>  ITMAX is the maximum number of steps of iterative refinement.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

Definition at line **207** of file **cgtrfs.f**.

### subroutine dgtrfs (character trans, integer n, integer nrhs, double precision, dimension( \* ) dl, double precision, dimension( \* ) d, double precision, dimension( \* ) du, double precision, dimension( \* ) dlf, double precision, dimension( \* ) df, double precision, dimension( \* ) duf, double precision, dimension( \* ) du2, integer, dimension( \* ) ipiv, double precision, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, double precision, dimension( ldx, \* ) x, integer ldx, double precision, dimension( \* ) ferr, double precision, dimension( \* ) berr, double precision, dimension( \* ) work, integer, dimension( \* ) iwork, integer info)

**DGTRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> DGTRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is tridiagonal, and provides
!> error bounds and backward error estimates for the solution.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          Specifies the form of the system of equations:
!>          = 'N':  A * X = B     (No transpose)
!>          = 'T':  A**T * X = B  (Transpose)
!>          = 'C':  A**H * X = B  (Conjugate transpose = Transpose)
!>
```

*N*

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

*NRHS*

```
!>          NRHS is INTEGER
!>          The number of right hand sides, i.e., the number of columns
!>          of the matrix B.  NRHS >= 0.
!>
```

*DL*

```
!>          DL is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) subdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*D*

```
!>          D is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N)
!>          The diagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DU*

```
!>          DU is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) superdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DLF*

```
!>          DLF is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) multipliers that define the matrix L from the
!>          LU factorization of A as computed by DGTTRF.
!>
```

*DF*

```
!>          DF is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N)
!>          The n diagonal elements of the upper triangular matrix U from
!>          the LU factorization of A.
!>
```

*DUF*

```
!>          DUF is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) elements of the first superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*DU2*

```
!>          DU2 is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N-2)
!>          The (n-2) elements of the second superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*IPIV*

```
!>          IPIV is INTEGER array, dimension (N)
!>          The pivot indices; for 1 <= i <= n, row i of the matrix was
!>          interchanged with row IPIV(i).  IPIV(i) will always be either
!>          i or i+1; IPIV(i) = i indicates a row interchange was not
!>          required.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          The right hand side matrix B.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*X*

```
!>          X is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDX,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the solution matrix X, as computed by DGTTRS.
!>          On exit, the improved solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDX*

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

*FERR*

```
!>          FERR is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The estimated forward error bound for each solution vector
!>          X(j) (the j-th column of the solution matrix X).
!>          If XTRUE is the true solution corresponding to X(j), FERR(j)
!>          is an estimated upper bound for the magnitude of the largest
!>          element in (X(j) - XTRUE) divided by the magnitude of the
!>          largest element in X(j).  The estimate is as reliable as
!>          the estimate for RCOND, and is almost always a slight
!>          overestimate of the true error.
!>
```

*BERR*

```
!>          BERR is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The componentwise relative backward error of each solution
!>          vector X(j) (i.e., the smallest relative change in
!>          any element of A or B that makes X(j) an exact solution).
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (3*N)
!>
```

*IWORK*

```
!>          IWORK is INTEGER array, dimension (N)
!>
```

*INFO*

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

**Internal Parameters:**

```
!>  ITMAX is the maximum number of steps of iterative refinement.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

Definition at line **206** of file **dgtrfs.f**.

### subroutine sgtrfs (character trans, integer n, integer nrhs, real, dimension( \* ) dl, real, dimension( \* ) d, real, dimension( \* ) du, real, dimension( \* ) dlf, real, dimension( \* ) df, real, dimension( \* ) duf, real, dimension( \* ) du2, integer, dimension( \* ) ipiv, real, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, real, dimension( ldx, \* ) x, integer ldx, real, dimension( \* ) ferr, real, dimension( \* ) berr, real, dimension( \* ) work, integer, dimension( \* ) iwork, integer info)

**SGTRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SGTRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is tridiagonal, and provides
!> error bounds and backward error estimates for the solution.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          Specifies the form of the system of equations:
!>          = 'N':  A * X = B     (No transpose)
!>          = 'T':  A**T * X = B  (Transpose)
!>          = 'C':  A**H * X = B  (Conjugate transpose = Transpose)
!>
```

*N*

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

*NRHS*

```
!>          NRHS is INTEGER
!>          The number of right hand sides, i.e., the number of columns
!>          of the matrix B.  NRHS >= 0.
!>
```

*DL*

```
!>          DL is REAL array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) subdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*D*

```
!>          D is REAL array, dimension (N)
!>          The diagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DU*

```
!>          DU is REAL array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) superdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DLF*

```
!>          DLF is REAL array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) multipliers that define the matrix L from the
!>          LU factorization of A as computed by SGTTRF.
!>
```

*DF*

```
!>          DF is REAL array, dimension (N)
!>          The n diagonal elements of the upper triangular matrix U from
!>          the LU factorization of A.
!>
```

*DUF*

```
!>          DUF is REAL array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) elements of the first superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*DU2*

```
!>          DU2 is REAL array, dimension (N-2)
!>          The (n-2) elements of the second superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*IPIV*

```
!>          IPIV is INTEGER array, dimension (N)
!>          The pivot indices; for 1 <= i <= n, row i of the matrix was
!>          interchanged with row IPIV(i).  IPIV(i) will always be either
!>          i or i+1; IPIV(i) = i indicates a row interchange was not
!>          required.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is REAL array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          The right hand side matrix B.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*X*

```
!>          X is REAL array, dimension (LDX,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the solution matrix X, as computed by SGTTRS.
!>          On exit, the improved solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDX*

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

*FERR*

```
!>          FERR is REAL array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The estimated forward error bound for each solution vector
!>          X(j) (the j-th column of the solution matrix X).
!>          If XTRUE is the true solution corresponding to X(j), FERR(j)
!>          is an estimated upper bound for the magnitude of the largest
!>          element in (X(j) - XTRUE) divided by the magnitude of the
!>          largest element in X(j).  The estimate is as reliable as
!>          the estimate for RCOND, and is almost always a slight
!>          overestimate of the true error.
!>
```

*BERR*

```
!>          BERR is REAL array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The componentwise relative backward error of each solution
!>          vector X(j) (i.e., the smallest relative change in
!>          any element of A or B that makes X(j) an exact solution).
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is REAL array, dimension (3*N)
!>
```

*IWORK*

```
!>          IWORK is INTEGER array, dimension (N)
!>
```

*INFO*

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

**Internal Parameters:**

```
!>  ITMAX is the maximum number of steps of iterative refinement.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

Definition at line **206** of file **sgtrfs.f**.

### subroutine zgtrfs (character trans, integer n, integer nrhs, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) dl, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) d, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) du, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) dlf, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) df, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) duf, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) du2, integer, dimension( \* ) ipiv, complex\*16, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, complex\*16, dimension( ldx, \* ) x, integer ldx, double precision, dimension( \* ) ferr, double precision, dimension( \* ) berr, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) work, double precision, dimension( \* ) rwork, integer info)

**ZGTRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> ZGTRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is tridiagonal, and provides
!> error bounds and backward error estimates for the solution.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          Specifies the form of the system of equations:
!>          = 'N':  A * X = B     (No transpose)
!>          = 'T':  A**T * X = B  (Transpose)
!>          = 'C':  A**H * X = B  (Conjugate transpose)
!>
```

*N*

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

*NRHS*

```
!>          NRHS is INTEGER
!>          The number of right hand sides, i.e., the number of columns
!>          of the matrix B.  NRHS >= 0.
!>
```

*DL*

```
!>          DL is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) subdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*D*

```
!>          D is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N)
!>          The diagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DU*

```
!>          DU is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) superdiagonal elements of A.
!>
```

*DLF*

```
!>          DLF is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) multipliers that define the matrix L from the
!>          LU factorization of A as computed by ZGTTRF.
!>
```

*DF*

```
!>          DF is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N)
!>          The n diagonal elements of the upper triangular matrix U from
!>          the LU factorization of A.
!>
```

*DUF*

```
!>          DUF is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N-1)
!>          The (n-1) elements of the first superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*DU2*

```
!>          DU2 is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N-2)
!>          The (n-2) elements of the second superdiagonal of U.
!>
```

*IPIV*

```
!>          IPIV is INTEGER array, dimension (N)
!>          The pivot indices; for 1 <= i <= n, row i of the matrix was
!>          interchanged with row IPIV(i).  IPIV(i) will always be either
!>          i or i+1; IPIV(i) = i indicates a row interchange was not
!>          required.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          The right hand side matrix B.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*X*

```
!>          X is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDX,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the solution matrix X, as computed by ZGTTRS.
!>          On exit, the improved solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDX*

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

*FERR*

```
!>          FERR is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The estimated forward error bound for each solution vector
!>          X(j) (the j-th column of the solution matrix X).
!>          If XTRUE is the true solution corresponding to X(j), FERR(j)
!>          is an estimated upper bound for the magnitude of the largest
!>          element in (X(j) - XTRUE) divided by the magnitude of the
!>          largest element in X(j).  The estimate is as reliable as
!>          the estimate for RCOND, and is almost always a slight
!>          overestimate of the true error.
!>
```

*BERR*

```
!>          BERR is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NRHS)
!>          The componentwise relative backward error of each solution
!>          vector X(j) (i.e., the smallest relative change in
!>          any element of A or B that makes X(j) an exact solution).
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (2*N)
!>
```

*RWORK*

```
!>          RWORK is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N)
!>
```

*INFO*

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

**Internal Parameters:**

```
!>  ITMAX is the maximum number of steps of iterative refinement.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

Definition at line **207** of file **zgtrfs.f**.

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