---
name: "unmtr"
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/unmtr"
---

# unmtr(3)

{un,or}mtr: multiply by Q from hetrd

## NAME

unmtr - {un,or}mtr: multiply by Q from hetrd

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions

subroutine **cunmtr** (side, uplo, trans, m, n, a, lda, tau, c, ldc, work, lwork, info)\
 **CUNMTR**  subroutine **dormtr** (side, uplo, trans, m, n, a, lda, tau, c, ldc, work, lwork, info)\
 **DORMTR**  subroutine **sormtr** (side, uplo, trans, m, n, a, lda, tau, c, ldc, work, lwork, info)\
 **SORMTR**  subroutine **zunmtr** (side, uplo, trans, m, n, a, lda, tau, c, ldc, work, lwork, info)\
 **ZUNMTR**

## Detailed Description

## Function Documentation

### subroutine cunmtr (character side, character uplo, character trans, integer m, integer n, complex, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, complex, dimension( \* ) tau, complex, dimension( ldc, \* ) c, integer ldc, complex, dimension( \* ) work, integer lwork, integer info)

**CUNMTR**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> CUNMTR overwrites the general complex M-by-N matrix C with
!>
!>                 SIDE = 'L'     SIDE = 'R'
!> TRANS = 'N':      Q * C          C * Q
!> TRANS = 'C':      Q**H * C       C * Q**H
!>
!> where Q is a complex unitary matrix of order nq, with nq = m if
!> SIDE = 'L' and nq = n if SIDE = 'R'. Q is defined as the product of
!> nq-1 elementary reflectors, as returned by CHETRD:
!>
!> if UPLO = 'U', Q = H(nq-1) . . . H(2) H(1);
!>
!> if UPLO = 'L', Q = H(1) H(2) . . . H(nq-1).
!>
```

**Parameters**

*SIDE*

```
!>          SIDE is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'L': apply Q or Q**H from the Left;
!>          = 'R': apply Q or Q**H from the Right.
!>
```

*UPLO*

```
!>          UPLO is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'U': Upper triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from CHETRD;
!>          = 'L': Lower triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from CHETRD.
!>
```

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'N':  No transpose, apply Q;
!>          = 'C':  Conjugate transpose, apply Q**H.
!>
```

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix C. M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

```
!>          N is INTEGER
!>          The number of columns of the matrix C. N >= 0.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is COMPLEX array, dimension
!>                               (LDA,M) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (LDA,N) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          The vectors which define the elementary reflectors, as
!>          returned by CHETRD.
!>
```

*LDA*

```
!>          LDA is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array A.
!>          LDA >= max(1,M) if SIDE = 'L'; LDA >= max(1,N) if SIDE = 'R'.
!>
```

*TAU*

```
!>          TAU is COMPLEX array, dimension
!>                               (M-1) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (N-1) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          TAU(i) must contain the scalar factor of the elementary
!>          reflector H(i), as returned by CHETRD.
!>
```

*C*

```
!>          C is COMPLEX array, dimension (LDC,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix C.
!>          On exit, C is overwritten by Q*C or Q**H*C or C*Q**H or C*Q.
!>
```

*LDC*

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

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is COMPLEX 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.
!>          If SIDE = 'L', LWORK >= max(1,N);
!>          if SIDE = 'R', LWORK >= max(1,M).
!>          For optimum performance LWORK >= N*NB if SIDE = 'L', and
!>          LWORK >=M*NB if SIDE = 'R', 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.

Definition at line **170** of file **cunmtr.f**.

### subroutine dormtr (character side, character uplo, character trans, integer m, integer n, double precision, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, double precision, dimension( \* ) tau, double precision, dimension( ldc, \* ) c, integer ldc, double precision, dimension( \* ) work, integer lwork, integer info)

**DORMTR**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> DORMTR overwrites the general real M-by-N matrix C with
!>
!>                 SIDE = 'L'     SIDE = 'R'
!> TRANS = 'N':      Q * C          C * Q
!> TRANS = 'T':      Q**T * C       C * Q**T
!>
!> where Q is a real orthogonal matrix of order nq, with nq = m if
!> SIDE = 'L' and nq = n if SIDE = 'R'. Q is defined as the product of
!> nq-1 elementary reflectors, as returned by DSYTRD:
!>
!> if UPLO = 'U', Q = H(nq-1) . . . H(2) H(1);
!>
!> if UPLO = 'L', Q = H(1) H(2) . . . H(nq-1).
!>
```

**Parameters**

*SIDE*

```
!>          SIDE is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'L': apply Q or Q**T from the Left;
!>          = 'R': apply Q or Q**T from the Right.
!>
```

*UPLO*

```
!>          UPLO is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'U': Upper triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from DSYTRD;
!>          = 'L': Lower triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from DSYTRD.
!>
```

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'N':  No transpose, apply Q;
!>          = 'T':  Transpose, apply Q**T.
!>
```

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix C. M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

```
!>          N is INTEGER
!>          The number of columns of the matrix C. N >= 0.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension
!>                               (LDA,M) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (LDA,N) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          The vectors which define the elementary reflectors, as
!>          returned by DSYTRD.
!>
```

*LDA*

```
!>          LDA is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array A.
!>          LDA >= max(1,M) if SIDE = 'L'; LDA >= max(1,N) if SIDE = 'R'.
!>
```

*TAU*

```
!>          TAU is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension
!>                               (M-1) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (N-1) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          TAU(i) must contain the scalar factor of the elementary
!>          reflector H(i), as returned by DSYTRD.
!>
```

*C*

```
!>          C is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDC,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix C.
!>          On exit, C is overwritten by Q*C or Q**T*C or C*Q**T or C*Q.
!>
```

*LDC*

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

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is DOUBLE PRECISION 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.
!>          If SIDE = 'L', LWORK >= max(1,N);
!>          if SIDE = 'R', LWORK >= max(1,M).
!>          For optimum performance LWORK >= N*NB if SIDE = 'L', and
!>          LWORK >= M*NB if SIDE = 'R', 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.

Definition at line **169** of file **dormtr.f**.

### subroutine sormtr (character side, character uplo, character trans, integer m, integer n, real, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, real, dimension( \* ) tau, real, dimension( ldc, \* ) c, integer ldc, real, dimension( \* ) work, integer lwork, integer info)

**SORMTR**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SORMTR overwrites the general real M-by-N matrix C with
!>
!>                 SIDE = 'L'     SIDE = 'R'
!> TRANS = 'N':      Q * C          C * Q
!> TRANS = 'T':      Q**T * C       C * Q**T
!>
!> where Q is a real orthogonal matrix of order nq, with nq = m if
!> SIDE = 'L' and nq = n if SIDE = 'R'. Q is defined as the product of
!> nq-1 elementary reflectors, as returned by SSYTRD:
!>
!> if UPLO = 'U', Q = H(nq-1) . . . H(2) H(1);
!>
!> if UPLO = 'L', Q = H(1) H(2) . . . H(nq-1).
!>
```

**Parameters**

*SIDE*

```
!>          SIDE is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'L': apply Q or Q**T from the Left;
!>          = 'R': apply Q or Q**T from the Right.
!>
```

*UPLO*

```
!>          UPLO is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'U': Upper triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from SSYTRD;
!>          = 'L': Lower triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from SSYTRD.
!>
```

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'N':  No transpose, apply Q;
!>          = 'T':  Transpose, apply Q**T.
!>
```

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix C. M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

```
!>          N is INTEGER
!>          The number of columns of the matrix C. N >= 0.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is REAL array, dimension
!>                               (LDA,M) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (LDA,N) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          The vectors which define the elementary reflectors, as
!>          returned by SSYTRD.
!>
```

*LDA*

```
!>          LDA is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array A.
!>          LDA >= max(1,M) if SIDE = 'L'; LDA >= max(1,N) if SIDE = 'R'.
!>
```

*TAU*

```
!>          TAU is REAL array, dimension
!>                               (M-1) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (N-1) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          TAU(i) must contain the scalar factor of the elementary
!>          reflector H(i), as returned by SSYTRD.
!>
```

*C*

```
!>          C is REAL array, dimension (LDC,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix C.
!>          On exit, C is overwritten by Q*C or Q**T*C or C*Q**T or C*Q.
!>
```

*LDC*

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

*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.
!>          If SIDE = 'L', LWORK >= max(1,N);
!>          if SIDE = 'R', LWORK >= max(1,M).
!>          For optimum performance LWORK >= N*NB if SIDE = 'L', and
!>          LWORK >= M*NB if SIDE = 'R', 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.

Definition at line **170** of file **sormtr.f**.

### subroutine zunmtr (character side, character uplo, character trans, integer m, integer n, complex\*16, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) tau, complex\*16, dimension( ldc, \* ) c, integer ldc, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) work, integer lwork, integer info)

**ZUNMTR**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> ZUNMTR overwrites the general complex M-by-N matrix C with
!>
!>                 SIDE = 'L'     SIDE = 'R'
!> TRANS = 'N':      Q * C          C * Q
!> TRANS = 'C':      Q**H * C       C * Q**H
!>
!> where Q is a complex unitary matrix of order nq, with nq = m if
!> SIDE = 'L' and nq = n if SIDE = 'R'. Q is defined as the product of
!> nq-1 elementary reflectors, as returned by ZHETRD:
!>
!> if UPLO = 'U', Q = H(nq-1) . . . H(2) H(1);
!>
!> if UPLO = 'L', Q = H(1) H(2) . . . H(nq-1).
!>
```

**Parameters**

*SIDE*

```
!>          SIDE is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'L': apply Q or Q**H from the Left;
!>          = 'R': apply Q or Q**H from the Right.
!>
```

*UPLO*

```
!>          UPLO is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'U': Upper triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from ZHETRD;
!>          = 'L': Lower triangle of A contains elementary reflectors
!>                 from ZHETRD.
!>
```

*TRANS*

```
!>          TRANS is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'N':  No transpose, apply Q;
!>          = 'C':  Conjugate transpose, apply Q**H.
!>
```

*M*

```
!>          M is INTEGER
!>          The number of rows of the matrix C. M >= 0.
!>
```

*N*

```
!>          N is INTEGER
!>          The number of columns of the matrix C. N >= 0.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension
!>                               (LDA,M) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (LDA,N) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          The vectors which define the elementary reflectors, as
!>          returned by ZHETRD.
!>
```

*LDA*

```
!>          LDA is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the array A.
!>          LDA >= max(1,M) if SIDE = 'L'; LDA >= max(1,N) if SIDE = 'R'.
!>
```

*TAU*

```
!>          TAU is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension
!>                               (M-1) if SIDE = 'L'
!>                               (N-1) if SIDE = 'R'
!>          TAU(i) must contain the scalar factor of the elementary
!>          reflector H(i), as returned by ZHETRD.
!>
```

*C*

```
!>          C is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDC,N)
!>          On entry, the M-by-N matrix C.
!>          On exit, C is overwritten by Q*C or Q**H*C or C*Q**H or C*Q.
!>
```

*LDC*

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

*WORK*

```
!>          WORK is COMPLEX*16 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.
!>          If SIDE = 'L', LWORK >= max(1,N);
!>          if SIDE = 'R', LWORK >= max(1,M).
!>          For optimum performance LWORK >= N*NB if SIDE = 'L', and
!>          LWORK >=M*NB if SIDE = 'R', 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.

Definition at line **169** of file **zunmtr.f**.

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