---
name: "sposv.f"
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/sposv.f"
---

# sposv.f(3)

## NAME

SRC/sposv.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

subroutine **sposv** (uplo, n, nrhs, a, lda, b, ldb, info)\
  **SPOSV computes the solution to system of linear equations A \* X = B for PO matrices**

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### subroutine sposv (character uplo, integer n, integer nrhs, real, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, real, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, integer info)

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

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SPOSV computes the solution to a real system of linear equations
!>    A * X = B,
!> where A is an N-by-N symmetric positive definite matrix 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.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is REAL array, dimension (LDA,N)
!>          On entry, the symmetric matrix A.  If UPLO = 'U', the leading
!>          N-by-N upper triangular part of A contains the upper
!>          triangular part of the matrix A, and the strictly lower
!>          triangular part of A is not referenced.  If UPLO = 'L', the
!>          leading N-by-N lower triangular part of A contains the lower
!>          triangular part of the matrix A, and the strictly upper
!>          triangular part of A is not referenced.
!>
!>          On exit, if INFO = 0, the factor U or L from the Cholesky
!>          factorization A = U**T*U or A = L*L**T.
!>
```

*LDA*

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

*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.

Definition at line **129** of file **sposv.f**.

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