---
name: "ppsv"
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/ppsv"
---

# ppsv(3)

ppsv: factor and solve

## NAME

ppsv - ppsv: factor and solve

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions

subroutine **cppsv** (uplo, n, nrhs, ap, b, ldb, info)\
  **CPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**  subroutine **dppsv** (uplo, n, nrhs, ap, b, ldb, info)\
  **DPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**  subroutine **sppsv** (uplo, n, nrhs, ap, b, ldb, info)\
  **SPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**  subroutine **zppsv** (uplo, n, nrhs, ap, b, ldb, info)\
  **ZPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**

## Detailed Description

## Function Documentation

### subroutine cppsv (character uplo, integer n, integer nrhs, complex, dimension( \* ) ap, complex, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, integer info)

 **CPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CPPSV computes the solution to a complex system of linear equations
!>    A * X = B,
!> where A is an N-by-N Hermitian positive definite matrix stored in
!> packed format and X and B are N-by-NRHS matrices.
!>
!> The Cholesky decomposition is used to factor A as
!>    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 a lower triangular
!> matrix.  The factored form of A is then used to solve the system of
!> equations A * X = B.
!>
```

**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 number of linear equations, i.e., 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.
!>
```

*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 factor U or L from the Cholesky
!>          factorization A = U**H*U or A = L*L**H, in the same storage
!>          format as A.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the N-by-NRHS right hand side matrix B.
!>          On exit, if INFO = 0, the N-by-NRHS solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*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
!>                of A is not positive, so the factorization could not
!>                be completed, and the solution has not been computed.
!>
```

**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 **143** of file **cppsv.f**.

### subroutine dppsv (character uplo, integer n, integer nrhs, double precision, dimension( \* ) ap, double precision, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, integer info)

 **DPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> DPPSV computes the solution to a real system of linear equations
!>    A * X = B,
!> where A is an N-by-N symmetric positive definite matrix stored in
!> packed format and X and B are N-by-NRHS matrices.
!>
!> The Cholesky decomposition is used to factor A as
!>    A = U**T* U,  if UPLO = 'U', or
!>    A = L * L**T,  if UPLO = 'L',
!> where U is an upper triangular matrix and L is a lower triangular
!> matrix.  The factored form of A is then used to solve the system of
!> equations A * X = B.
!>
```

**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 number of linear equations, i.e., 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.
!>
```

*AP*

```
!>          AP is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N*(N+1)/2)
!>          On entry, the upper or lower triangle of the symmetric 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 factor U or L from the Cholesky
!>          factorization A = U**T*U or A = L*L**T, in the same storage
!>          format as A.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the N-by-NRHS right hand side matrix B.
!>          On exit, if INFO = 0, the N-by-NRHS solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*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
!>                of A is not positive, so the factorization could not
!>                be completed, and the solution has not been computed.
!>
```

**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 symmetric 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 **143** of file **dppsv.f**.

### subroutine sppsv (character uplo, integer n, integer nrhs, real, dimension( \* ) ap, real, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, integer info)

 **SPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SPPSV computes the solution to a real system of linear equations
!>    A * X = B,
!> where A is an N-by-N symmetric positive definite matrix stored in
!> packed format and X and B are N-by-NRHS matrices.
!>
!> The Cholesky decomposition is used to factor A as
!>    A = U**T* U,  if UPLO = 'U', or
!>    A = L * L**T,  if UPLO = 'L',
!> where U is an upper triangular matrix and L is a lower triangular
!> matrix.  The factored form of A is then used to solve the system of
!> equations A * X = B.
!>
```

**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 number of linear equations, i.e., 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.
!>
```

*AP*

```
!>          AP is REAL array, dimension (N*(N+1)/2)
!>          On entry, the upper or lower triangle of the symmetric 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 factor U or L from the Cholesky
!>          factorization A = U**T*U or A = L*L**T, in the same storage
!>          format as A.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is REAL array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the N-by-NRHS right hand side matrix B.
!>          On exit, if INFO = 0, the N-by-NRHS solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*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
!>                of A is not positive, so the factorization could not
!>                be completed, and the solution has not been computed.
!>
```

**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 symmetric 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 **143** of file **sppsv.f**.

### subroutine zppsv (character uplo, integer n, integer nrhs, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) ap, complex\*16, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, integer info)

 **ZPPSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for OTHER matrices**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> ZPPSV computes the solution to a complex system of linear equations
!>    A * X = B,
!> where A is an N-by-N Hermitian positive definite matrix stored in
!> packed format and X and B are N-by-NRHS matrices.
!>
!> The Cholesky decomposition is used to factor A as
!>    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 a lower triangular
!> matrix.  The factored form of A is then used to solve the system of
!> equations A * X = B.
!>
```

**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 number of linear equations, i.e., 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.
!>
```

*AP*

```
!>          AP is COMPLEX*16 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 factor U or L from the Cholesky
!>          factorization A = U**H*U or A = L*L**H, in the same storage
!>          format as A.
!>
```

*B*

```
!>          B is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
!>          On entry, the N-by-NRHS right hand side matrix B.
!>          On exit, if INFO = 0, the N-by-NRHS solution matrix X.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*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
!>                of A is not positive, so the factorization could not
!>                be completed, and the solution has not been computed.
!>
```

**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 **143** of file **zppsv.f**.

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