History: Mid to Late 70’s EISPACK and LINPACK

• EISPACK

  • Design for the algebraic eigenvalue problem, Ax = ?x and Ax = ?Bx.
  • work of J. Wilkinson and colleagues in the 70’s.
  • Fortran 77 software based on translation of ALGOL.

• LINPACK

  • Design for the solving systems of equations, Ax = b.
  • Fortran 77 software using the Level 1 BLAS.

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