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Contents
List of Tables
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Guide
Essentials
LAPACK
Problems that LAPACK can Solve
Computers for which LAPACK is Suitable
LAPACK Compared with LINPACK and EISPACK
LAPACK and the BLAS
Documentation for LAPACK
Availability of LAPACK
Installation of LAPACK
Support for LAPACK
Known Problems in LAPACK
LI>
Other Related Software
LAPACK++
CLAPACK
ScaLAPACK
LAPACK routines exploiting IEEE arithmetic
Contents of LAPACK
Structure of LAPACK
Levels of Routines
Data Types and Precision
Naming Scheme
Driver Routines
Linear Equations
Linear Least Squares (LLS) Problems
Generalized Linear Least Squares (LSE and GLM) Problems
Standard Eigenvalue and Singular Value Problems
Generalized Eigenvalue and Singular Value Problems
Computational Routines
Linear Equations
Orthogonal Factorizations and Linear Least Squares Problems
Generalized Orthogonal Factorizations and Linear Least Squares Problems
Symmetric Eigenproblems
Nonsymmetric Eigenproblems
Singular Value Decomposition
Generalized Symmetric Definite Eigenproblems
Generalized Nonsymmetric Eigenproblems
Generalized (or Quotient) Singular Value Decomposition
Performance of LAPACK
Factors that Affect Performance
Vectorization
Data Movement
Parallelism
The BLAS as the Key to Portability
Block Algorithms and their Derivation
Examples of Block Algorithms in LAPACK
Factorizations for Solving Linear Equations
QR
Factorization
Eigenvalue Problems
LAPACK Benchmark
Accuracy and Stability
Sources of Error in Numerical Calculations
Further Details: Floating point arithmetic
How to Measure Errors
Further Details: How to Measure Errors
Further Details: How Error Bounds Are Derived
Standard Error Analysis
Improved Error Bounds
Error Bounds for Linear Equation Solving
Further Details: Error Bounds for Linear Equation Solving
Error Bounds for Linear Least Squares Problems
Further Details: Error Bounds for Linear Least Squares Problems
Error Bounds for Generalized Least Squares Problems
Error Bounds for the Symmetric Eigenproblem
Further Details: Error Bounds for the Symmetric Eigenproblem
Error Bounds for the Nonsymmetric Eigenproblem
Further Details: Error Bounds for the Nonsymmetric Eigenproblem
Error Bounds for the Singular Value Decomposition
Further Details: Error Bounds for the Singular Value Decomposition
Error Bounds for the Generalized Symmetric Definite Eigenproblem
Further Details: Error Bounds for the Generalized Symmetric Definite Eigenproblem
Error Bounds for the Generalized Nonsymmetric Eigenproblem
Error Bounds for the Generalized Singular Value Decomposition
Further Details: Error Bounds for the Generalized Singular Value Decomposition
Error Bounds for Fast Level 3 BLAS
Documentation and Software Conventions
Design and Documentation of Argument Lists
Structure of the Documentation
Order of Arguments
Argument Descriptions
Option Arguments
Problem Dimensions
Array Arguments
Work Arrays
Error Handling and the Diagnostic Argument INFO
Determining the Block Size for Block Algorithms
Matrix Storage Schemes
Conventional Storage
Packed Storage
Band Storage
Tridiagonal and Bidiagonal Matrices
Unit Triangular Matrices
Real Diagonal Elements of Complex Matrices
Representation of Orthogonal or Unitary Matrices
Installing LAPACK Routines
Points to Note
Installing ILAENV
Troubleshooting
Common Errors in Calling LAPACK Routines
Failures Detected by LAPACK Routines
Invalid Arguments and XERBLA
Computational Failures and INFO > 0
Wrong Results
Poor Performance
Index of Driver and Computational Routines
Notes
Index of Auxiliary Routines
Notes
Quick Reference
Guide to the BLAS
Converting from LINPACK or EISPACK
Notes
LAPACK Working Notes
Specifications of Routines
Notes
References
Index
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Tue Nov 29 14:03:33 EST 1994