---
name: "zgges3.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/zgges3.f"
---

# zgges3.f(3)

## NAME

SRC/zgges3.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

subroutine **zgges3** (jobvsl, jobvsr, sort, selctg, n, a, lda, b, ldb, sdim, alpha, beta, vsl, ldvsl, vsr, ldvsr, work, lwork, rwork, bwork, info)\
  **ZGGES3 computes the eigenvalues, the Schur form, and, optionally, the matrix of Schur vectors for GE matrices (blocked algorithm)**

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### subroutine zgges3 (character jobvsl, character jobvsr, character sort, external selctg, integer n, complex\*16, dimension( lda, \* ) a, integer lda, complex\*16, dimension( ldb, \* ) b, integer ldb, integer sdim, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) alpha, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) beta, complex\*16, dimension( ldvsl, \* ) vsl, integer ldvsl, complex\*16, dimension( ldvsr, \* ) vsr, integer ldvsr, complex\*16, dimension( \* ) work, integer lwork, double precision, dimension( \* ) rwork, logical, dimension( \* ) bwork, integer info)

 **ZGGES3 computes the eigenvalues, the Schur form, and, optionally, the matrix of Schur vectors for GE matrices (blocked algorithm)**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> ZGGES3 computes for a pair of N-by-N complex nonsymmetric matrices
!> (A,B), the generalized eigenvalues, the generalized complex Schur
!> form (S, T), and optionally left and/or right Schur vectors (VSL
!> and VSR). This gives the generalized Schur factorization
!>
!>         (A,B) = ( (VSL)*S*(VSR)**H, (VSL)*T*(VSR)**H )
!>
!> where (VSR)**H is the conjugate-transpose of VSR.
!>
!> Optionally, it also orders the eigenvalues so that a selected cluster
!> of eigenvalues appears in the leading diagonal blocks of the upper
!> triangular matrix S and the upper triangular matrix T. The leading
!> columns of VSL and VSR then form an unitary basis for the
!> corresponding left and right eigenspaces (deflating subspaces).
!>
!> (If only the generalized eigenvalues are needed, use the driver
!> ZGGEV instead, which is faster.)
!>
!> A generalized eigenvalue for a pair of matrices (A,B) is a scalar w
!> or a ratio alpha/beta = w, such that  A - w*B is singular.  It is
!> usually represented as the pair (alpha,beta), as there is a
!> reasonable interpretation for beta=0, and even for both being zero.
!>
!> A pair of matrices (S,T) is in generalized complex Schur form if S
!> and T are upper triangular and, in addition, the diagonal elements
!> of T are non-negative real numbers.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*JOBVSL*

```
!>          JOBVSL is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'N':  do not compute the left Schur vectors;
!>          = 'V':  compute the left Schur vectors.
!>
```

*JOBVSR*

```
!>          JOBVSR is CHARACTER*1
!>          = 'N':  do not compute the right Schur vectors;
!>          = 'V':  compute the right Schur vectors.
!>
```

*SORT*

```
!>          SORT is CHARACTER*1
!>          Specifies whether or not to order the eigenvalues on the
!>          diagonal of the generalized Schur form.
!>          = 'N':  Eigenvalues are not ordered;
!>          = 'S':  Eigenvalues are ordered (see SELCTG).
!>
```

*SELCTG*

```
!>          SELCTG is a LOGICAL FUNCTION of two COMPLEX*16 arguments
!>          SELCTG must be declared EXTERNAL in the calling subroutine.
!>          If SORT = 'N', SELCTG is not referenced.
!>          If SORT = 'S', SELCTG is used to select eigenvalues to sort
!>          to the top left of the Schur form.
!>          An eigenvalue ALPHA(j)/BETA(j) is selected if
!>          SELCTG(ALPHA(j),BETA(j)) is true.
!>
!>          Note that a selected complex eigenvalue may no longer satisfy
!>          SELCTG(ALPHA(j),BETA(j)) = .TRUE. after ordering, since
!>          ordering may change the value of complex eigenvalues
!>          (especially if the eigenvalue is ill-conditioned), in this
!>          case INFO is set to N+2 (See INFO below).
!>
```

*N*

```
!>          N is INTEGER
!>          The order of the matrices A, B, VSL, and VSR.  N >= 0.
!>
```

*A*

```
!>          A is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDA, N)
!>          On entry, the first of the pair of matrices.
!>          On exit, A has been overwritten by its generalized Schur
!>          form S.
!>
```

*LDA*

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

*B*

```
!>          B is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDB, N)
!>          On entry, the second of the pair of matrices.
!>          On exit, B has been overwritten by its generalized Schur
!>          form T.
!>
```

*LDB*

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

*SDIM*

```
!>          SDIM is INTEGER
!>          If SORT = 'N', SDIM = 0.
!>          If SORT = 'S', SDIM = number of eigenvalues (after sorting)
!>          for which SELCTG is true.
!>
```

*ALPHA*

```
!>          ALPHA is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N)
!>
```

*BETA*

```
!>          BETA is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (N)
!>          On exit,  ALPHA(j)/BETA(j), j=1,...,N, will be the
!>          generalized eigenvalues.  ALPHA(j), j=1,...,N  and  BETA(j),
!>          j=1,...,N  are the diagonals of the complex Schur form (A,B)
!>          output by ZGGES3. The  BETA(j) will be non-negative real.
!>
!>          Note: the quotients ALPHA(j)/BETA(j) may easily over- or
!>          underflow, and BETA(j) may even be zero.  Thus, the user
!>          should avoid naively computing the ratio alpha/beta.
!>          However, ALPHA will be always less than and usually
!>          comparable with norm(A) in magnitude, and BETA always less
!>          than and usually comparable with norm(B).
!>
```

*VSL*

```
!>          VSL is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDVSL,N)
!>          If JOBVSL = 'V', VSL will contain the left Schur vectors.
!>          Not referenced if JOBVSL = 'N'.
!>
```

*LDVSL*

```
!>          LDVSL is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the matrix VSL. LDVSL >= 1, and
!>          if JOBVSL = 'V', LDVSL >= N.
!>
```

*VSR*

```
!>          VSR is COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDVSR,N)
!>          If JOBVSR = 'V', VSR will contain the right Schur vectors.
!>          Not referenced if JOBVSR = 'N'.
!>
```

*LDVSR*

```
!>          LDVSR is INTEGER
!>          The leading dimension of the matrix VSR. LDVSR >= 1, and
!>          if JOBVSR = 'V', LDVSR >= N.
!>
```

*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. LWORK >= MAX(1,2*N)
!>          For good performance, LWORK must generally be larger.
!>
!>          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.
!>
```

*RWORK*

```
!>          RWORK is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (8*N)
!>
```

*BWORK*

```
!>          BWORK is LOGICAL array, dimension (N)
!>          Not referenced if SORT = 'N'.
!>
```

*INFO*

```
!>          INFO is INTEGER
!>          = 0:  successful exit
!>          < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value.
!>          =1,...,N:
!>                The QZ iteration failed.  (A,B) are not in Schur
!>                form, but ALPHA(j) and BETA(j) should be correct for
!>                j=INFO+1,...,N.
!>          > N:  =N+1: other than QZ iteration failed in ZLAQZ0
!>                =N+2: after reordering, roundoff changed values of
!>                      some complex eigenvalues so that leading
!>                      eigenvalues in the Generalized Schur form no
!>                      longer satisfy SELCTG=.TRUE.  This could also
!>                      be caused due to scaling.
!>                =N+3: reordering failed in ZTGSEN.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

Definition at line **267** of file **zgges3.f**.

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