---
name: "pbrfs"
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/pbrfs"
---

# pbrfs(3)

pbrfs: iterative refinement

## NAME

pbrfs - pbrfs: iterative refinement

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions

subroutine **cpbrfs** (uplo, n, kd, nrhs, ab, ldab, afb, ldafb, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, rwork, info)\
 **CPBRFS**  subroutine **dpbrfs** (uplo, n, kd, nrhs, ab, ldab, afb, ldafb, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, iwork, info)\
 **DPBRFS**  subroutine **spbrfs** (uplo, n, kd, nrhs, ab, ldab, afb, ldafb, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, iwork, info)\
 **SPBRFS**  subroutine **zpbrfs** (uplo, n, kd, nrhs, ab, ldab, afb, ldafb, b, ldb, x, ldx, ferr, berr, work, rwork, info)\
 **ZPBRFS**

## Detailed Description

## Function Documentation

### subroutine cpbrfs (character uplo, integer n, integer kd, integer nrhs, complex, dimension( ldab, \* ) ab, integer ldab, complex, dimension( ldafb, \* ) afb, integer ldafb, 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)

**CPBRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CPBRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is Hermitian positive definite
!> and banded, and provides error bounds and backward error estimates
!> for the solution.
!>
```

**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.
!>
```

*KD*

```
!>          KD is INTEGER
!>          The number of superdiagonals of the matrix A if UPLO = 'U',
!>          or the number of subdiagonals if UPLO = 'L'.  KD >= 0.
!>
```

*NRHS*

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

*AB*

```
!>          AB is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDAB,N)
!>          The upper or lower triangle of the Hermitian band matrix A,
!>          stored in the first KD+1 rows of the array.  The j-th column
!>          of A is stored in the j-th column of the array AB as follows:
!>          if UPLO = 'U', AB(kd+1+i-j,j) = A(i,j) for max(1,j-kd)<=i<=j;
!>          if UPLO = 'L', AB(1+i-j,j)    = A(i,j) for j<=i<=min(n,j+kd).
!>
```

*LDAB*

```
!>          LDAB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AB.  LDAB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*AFB*

```
!>          AFB is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDAFB,N)
!>          The triangular factor U or L from the Cholesky factorization
!>          A = U**H*U or A = L*L**H of the band matrix A as computed by
!>          CPBTRF, in the same storage format as A (see AB).
!>
```

*LDAFB*

```
!>          LDAFB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AFB.  LDAFB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*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 CPBTRS.
!>          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 **187** of file **cpbrfs.f**.

### subroutine dpbrfs (character uplo, integer n, integer kd, integer nrhs, double precision, dimension( ldab, \* ) ab, integer ldab, double precision, dimension( ldafb, \* ) afb, integer ldafb, 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)

**DPBRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> DPBRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is symmetric positive definite
!> and banded, and provides error bounds and backward error estimates
!> for the solution.
!>
```

**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.
!>
```

*KD*

```
!>          KD is INTEGER
!>          The number of superdiagonals of the matrix A if UPLO = 'U',
!>          or the number of subdiagonals if UPLO = 'L'.  KD >= 0.
!>
```

*NRHS*

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

*AB*

```
!>          AB is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDAB,N)
!>          The upper or lower triangle of the symmetric band matrix A,
!>          stored in the first KD+1 rows of the array.  The j-th column
!>          of A is stored in the j-th column of the array AB as follows:
!>          if UPLO = 'U', AB(kd+1+i-j,j) = A(i,j) for max(1,j-kd)<=i<=j;
!>          if UPLO = 'L', AB(1+i-j,j)    = A(i,j) for j<=i<=min(n,j+kd).
!>
```

*LDAB*

```
!>          LDAB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AB.  LDAB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*AFB*

```
!>          AFB is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDAFB,N)
!>          The triangular factor U or L from the Cholesky factorization
!>          A = U**T*U or A = L*L**T of the band matrix A as computed by
!>          DPBTRF, in the same storage format as A (see AB).
!>
```

*LDAFB*

```
!>          LDAFB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AFB.  LDAFB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*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 DPBTRS.
!>          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 **187** of file **dpbrfs.f**.

### subroutine spbrfs (character uplo, integer n, integer kd, integer nrhs, real, dimension( ldab, \* ) ab, integer ldab, real, dimension( ldafb, \* ) afb, integer ldafb, 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)

**SPBRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SPBRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is symmetric positive definite
!> and banded, and provides error bounds and backward error estimates
!> for the solution.
!>
```

**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.
!>
```

*KD*

```
!>          KD is INTEGER
!>          The number of superdiagonals of the matrix A if UPLO = 'U',
!>          or the number of subdiagonals if UPLO = 'L'.  KD >= 0.
!>
```

*NRHS*

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

*AB*

```
!>          AB is REAL array, dimension (LDAB,N)
!>          The upper or lower triangle of the symmetric band matrix A,
!>          stored in the first KD+1 rows of the array.  The j-th column
!>          of A is stored in the j-th column of the array AB as follows:
!>          if UPLO = 'U', AB(kd+1+i-j,j) = A(i,j) for max(1,j-kd)<=i<=j;
!>          if UPLO = 'L', AB(1+i-j,j)    = A(i,j) for j<=i<=min(n,j+kd).
!>
```

*LDAB*

```
!>          LDAB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AB.  LDAB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*AFB*

```
!>          AFB is REAL array, dimension (LDAFB,N)
!>          The triangular factor U or L from the Cholesky factorization
!>          A = U**T*U or A = L*L**T of the band matrix A as computed by
!>          SPBTRF, in the same storage format as A (see AB).
!>
```

*LDAFB*

```
!>          LDAFB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AFB.  LDAFB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*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 SPBTRS.
!>          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 **187** of file **spbrfs.f**.

### subroutine zpbrfs (character uplo, integer n, integer kd, integer nrhs, complex\*16, dimension( ldab, \* ) ab, integer ldab, complex\*16, dimension( ldafb, \* ) afb, integer ldafb, 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)

**ZPBRFS**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> ZPBRFS improves the computed solution to a system of linear
!> equations when the coefficient matrix is Hermitian positive definite
!> and banded, and provides error bounds and backward error estimates
!> for the solution.
!>
```

**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.
!>
```

*KD*

```
!>          KD is INTEGER
!>          The number of superdiagonals of the matrix A if UPLO = 'U',
!>          or the number of subdiagonals if UPLO = 'L'.  KD >= 0.
!>
```

*NRHS*

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

*AB*

```
!>          AB is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDAB,N)
!>          The upper or lower triangle of the Hermitian band matrix A,
!>          stored in the first KD+1 rows of the array.  The j-th column
!>          of A is stored in the j-th column of the array AB as follows:
!>          if UPLO = 'U', AB(kd+1+i-j,j) = A(i,j) for max(1,j-kd)<=i<=j;
!>          if UPLO = 'L', AB(1+i-j,j)    = A(i,j) for j<=i<=min(n,j+kd).
!>
```

*LDAB*

```
!>          LDAB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AB.  LDAB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*AFB*

```
!>          AFB is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDAFB,N)
!>          The triangular factor U or L from the Cholesky factorization
!>          A = U**H*U or A = L*L**H of the band matrix A as computed by
!>          ZPBTRF, in the same storage format as A (see AB).
!>
```

*LDAFB*

```
!>          LDAFB is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array AFB.  LDAFB >= KD+1.
!>
```

*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 ZPBTRS.
!>          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 **187** of file **zpbrfs.f**.

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