---
name: "sgeqrf"
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/sgeqrf.f"
---

# sgeqrf(3)

Part of [sgeqrf.f(3)](/sgeqrf.f/3.md).

## NAME

SRC/sgeqrf.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

subroutine **sgeqrf** (m, n, a, lda, tau, work, lwork, info)\
 **SGEQRF**

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### subroutine sgeqrf (integer m, integer n, real, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, real, dimension( \* ) tau, real, dimension( \* ) work, integer lwork, integer info)

**SGEQRF**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SGEQRF computes a QR factorization of a real M-by-N matrix A:
!>
!>    A = Q * ( R ),
!>            ( 0 )
!>
!> where:
!>
!>    Q is a M-by-M orthogonal matrix;
!>    R is an upper-triangular N-by-N matrix;
!>    0 is a (M-N)-by-N zero matrix, if M > N.
!>
!>
```

**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.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is REAL array, dimension (LDA,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix A.
!>          On exit, the elements on and above the diagonal of the array
!>          contain the min(M,N)-by-N upper trapezoidal matrix R (R is
!>          upper triangular if m >= n); the elements below the diagonal,
!>          with the array TAU, represent the orthogonal matrix Q as a
!>          product of min(m,n) elementary reflectors (see Further
!>          Details).
!>
```

*LDA*

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

*TAU*

```
!>          TAU is REAL array, dimension (min(M,N))
!>          The scalar factors of the elementary reflectors (see Further
!>          Details).
!>
```

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is REAL array, dimension (MAX(1,LWORK))
!>          On exit, if INFO = 0, WORK(1) returns the optimal LWORK.
!>
```

*LWORK*

```
!>          LWORK is INTEGER
!>          The dimension of the array WORK.
!>          LWORK >= 1, if MIN(M,N) = 0, and LWORK >= N, otherwise.
!>          For optimum performance LWORK >= N*NB, where NB is
!>          the optimal blocksize.
!>
!>          If LWORK = -1, then a workspace query is assumed; the routine
!>          only calculates the optimal size of the WORK array, returns
!>          this value as the first entry of the WORK array, and no error
!>          message related to LWORK is issued by XERBLA.
!>
```

*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 Q is represented as a product of elementary reflectors
!>
!>     Q = H(1) H(2) . . . H(k), where k = min(m,n).
!>
!>  Each H(i) has the form
!>
!>     H(i) = I - tau * v * v**T
!>
!>  where tau is a real scalar, and v is a real vector with
!>  v(1:i-1) = 0 and v(i) = 1; v(i+1:m) is stored on exit in A(i+1:m,i),
!>  and tau in TAU(i).
!>
```

Definition at line **145** of file **sgeqrf.f**.

## Author

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