DPORFSX improves the computed solution to a system of linear


    equations when the coefficient matrix is symmetric positive


    definite, and provides error bounds and backward error estimates


    for the solution.  In addition to normwise error bound, the code


    provides maximum componentwise error bound if possible.  See


    comments for ERR_BNDS_NORM and ERR_BNDS_COMP for details of the


    error bounds.


    The original system of linear equations may have been equilibrated


    before calling this routine, as described by arguments EQUED and S


    below. In this case, the solution and error bounds returned are


    for the original unequilibrated system.

     Some optional parameters are bundled in the PARAMS array.  These


     settings determine how refinement is performed, but often the


     defaults are acceptable.  If the defaults are acceptable, users


     can pass NPARAMS = 0 which prevents the source code from accessing


     the PARAMS argument.

UPLO

          UPLO is CHARACTER*1


       = 'U':  Upper triangle of A is stored;


       = 'L':  Lower triangle of A is stored.

EQUED

          EQUED is CHARACTER*1


     Specifies the form of equilibration that was done to A


     before calling this routine. This is needed to compute


     the solution and error bounds correctly.


       = 'N':  No equilibration


       = 'Y':  Both row and column equilibration, i.e., A has been


               replaced by diag(S) * A * diag(S).


               The right hand side B has been changed accordingly.

N

          N is INTEGER


     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 matrices B and X.  NRHS >= 0.

A

          A is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDA,N)


     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.

LDA

          LDA is INTEGER


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

AF

          AF is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDAF,N)


     The triangular factor U or L from the Cholesky factorization


     A = U**T*U or A = L*L**T, as computed by DPOTRF.

LDAF

          LDAF is INTEGER


     The leading dimension of the array AF.  LDAF >= max(1,N).

S

          S is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (N)


     The row scale factors for A.  If EQUED = 'Y', A is multiplied on


     the left and right by diag(S).  S is an input argument if FACT =


     'F'; otherwise, S is an output argument.  If FACT = 'F' and EQUED


     = 'Y', each element of S must be positive.  If S is output, each


     element of S is a power of the radix. If S is input, each element


     of S should be a power of the radix to ensure a reliable solution


     and error estimates. Scaling by powers of the radix does not cause


     rounding errors unless the result underflows or overflows.


     Rounding errors during scaling lead to refining with a matrix that


     is not equivalent to the input matrix, producing error estimates


     that may not be reliable.

B

          B is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)


     The right hand side matrix B.

LDB

          LDB is INTEGER


     The leading dimension of the array B.  LDB >= max(1,N).

X

          X is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (LDX,NRHS)


     On entry, the solution matrix X, as computed by DGETRS.


     On exit, the improved solution matrix X.

LDX

          LDX is INTEGER


     The leading dimension of the array X.  LDX >= max(1,N).

RCOND

          RCOND is DOUBLE PRECISION


     Reciprocal scaled condition number.  This is an estimate of the


     reciprocal Skeel condition number of the matrix A after


     equilibration (if done).  If this is less than the machine


     precision (in particular, if it is zero), the matrix is singular


     to working precision.  Note that the error may still be small even


     if this number is very small and the matrix appears ill-


     conditioned.

BERR

          BERR is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NRHS)


     Componentwise relative backward error.  This is the


     componentwise relative backward error of each solution vector X(j)


     (i.e., the smallest relative change in any element of A or B that


     makes X(j) an exact solution).

N_ERR_BNDS

          N_ERR_BNDS is INTEGER


     Number of error bounds to return for each right hand side


     and each type (normwise or componentwise).  See ERR_BNDS_NORM and


     ERR_BNDS_COMP below.

ERR_BNDS_NORM

          ERR_BNDS_NORM is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NRHS, N_ERR_BNDS)


     For each right-hand side, this array contains information about


     various error bounds and condition numbers corresponding to the


     normwise relative error, which is defined as follows:


     Normwise relative error in the ith solution vector:


             max_j (abs(XTRUE(j,i) - X(j,i)))


            ------------------------------


                  max_j abs(X(j,i))


     The array is indexed by the type of error information as described


     below. There currently are up to three pieces of information


     returned.


     The first index in ERR_BNDS_NORM(i,:) corresponds to the ith


     right-hand side.


     The second index in ERR_BNDS_NORM(:,err) contains the following


     three fields:


     err = 1 "Trust/don't trust" boolean. Trust the answer if the


              reciprocal condition number is less than the threshold


              sqrt(n) * dlamch('Epsilon').


     err = 2 "Guaranteed" error bound: The estimated forward error,


              almost certainly within a factor of 10 of the true error


              so long as the next entry is greater than the threshold


              sqrt(n) * dlamch('Epsilon'). This error bound should only


              be trusted if the previous boolean is true.


     err = 3  Reciprocal condition number: Estimated normwise


              reciprocal condition number.  Compared with the threshold


              sqrt(n) * dlamch('Epsilon') to determine if the error


              estimate is "guaranteed". These reciprocal condition


              numbers are 1 / (norm(Z^{-1},inf) * norm(Z,inf)) for some


              appropriately scaled matrix Z.


              Let Z = S*A, where S scales each row by a power of the


              radix so all absolute row sums of Z are approximately 1.


     See Lapack Working Note 165 for further details and extra


     cautions.

ERR_BNDS_COMP

          ERR_BNDS_COMP is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NRHS, N_ERR_BNDS)


     For each right-hand side, this array contains information about


     various error bounds and condition numbers corresponding to the


     componentwise relative error, which is defined as follows:


     Componentwise relative error in the ith solution vector:


                    abs(XTRUE(j,i) - X(j,i))


             max_j ----------------------


                         abs(X(j,i))


     The array is indexed by the right-hand side i (on which the


     componentwise relative error depends), and the type of error


     information as described below. There currently are up to three


     pieces of information returned for each right-hand side. If


     componentwise accuracy is not requested (PARAMS(3) = 0.0), then


     ERR_BNDS_COMP is not accessed.  If N_ERR_BNDS .LT. 3, then at most


     the first (:,N_ERR_BNDS) entries are returned.


     The first index in ERR_BNDS_COMP(i,:) corresponds to the ith


     right-hand side.


     The second index in ERR_BNDS_COMP(:,err) contains the following


     three fields:


     err = 1 "Trust/don't trust" boolean. Trust the answer if the


              reciprocal condition number is less than the threshold


              sqrt(n) * dlamch('Epsilon').


     err = 2 "Guaranteed" error bound: The estimated forward error,


              almost certainly within a factor of 10 of the true error


              so long as the next entry is greater than the threshold


              sqrt(n) * dlamch('Epsilon'). This error bound should only


              be trusted if the previous boolean is true.


     err = 3  Reciprocal condition number: Estimated componentwise


              reciprocal condition number.  Compared with the threshold


              sqrt(n) * dlamch('Epsilon') to determine if the error


              estimate is "guaranteed". These reciprocal condition


              numbers are 1 / (norm(Z^{-1},inf) * norm(Z,inf)) for some


              appropriately scaled matrix Z.


              Let Z = S*(A*diag(x)), where x is the solution for the


              current right-hand side and S scales each row of


              A*diag(x) by a power of the radix so all absolute row


              sums of Z are approximately 1.


     See Lapack Working Note 165 for further details and extra


     cautions.

NPARAMS

          NPARAMS is INTEGER


     Specifies the number of parameters set in PARAMS.  If .LE. 0, the


     PARAMS array is never referenced and default values are used.

PARAMS

          PARAMS is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (NPARAMS)


     Specifies algorithm parameters.  If an entry is .LT. 0.0, then


     that entry will be filled with default value used for that


     parameter.  Only positions up to NPARAMS are accessed; defaults


     are used for higher-numbered parameters.


       PARAMS(LA_LINRX_ITREF_I = 1) : Whether to perform iterative


            refinement or not.


         Default: 1.0D+0


            = 0.0 : No refinement is performed, and no error bounds are


                    computed.


            = 1.0 : Use the double-precision refinement algorithm,


                    possibly with doubled-single computations if the


                    compilation environment does not support DOUBLE


                    PRECISION.


              (other values are reserved for future use)


       PARAMS(LA_LINRX_ITHRESH_I = 2) : Maximum number of residual


            computations allowed for refinement.


         Default: 10


         Aggressive: Set to 100 to permit convergence using approximate


                     factorizations or factorizations other than LU. If


                     the factorization uses a technique other than


                     Gaussian elimination, the guarantees in


                     err_bnds_norm and err_bnds_comp may no longer be


                     trustworthy.


       PARAMS(LA_LINRX_CWISE_I = 3) : Flag determining if the code


            will attempt to find a solution with small componentwise


            relative error in the double-precision algorithm.  Positive


            is true, 0.0 is false.


         Default: 1.0 (attempt componentwise convergence)

WORK

          WORK is DOUBLE PRECISION array, dimension (4*N)

IWORK

          IWORK is INTEGER array, dimension (N)

INFO

          INFO is INTEGER


       = 0:  Successful exit. The solution to every right-hand side is


         guaranteed.


       < 0:  If INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value


       > 0 and <= N:  U(INFO,INFO) is exactly zero.  The factorization


         has been completed, but the factor U is exactly singular, so


         the solution and error bounds could not be computed. RCOND = 0


         is returned.


       = N+J: The solution corresponding to the Jth right-hand side is


         not guaranteed. The solutions corresponding to other right-


         hand sides K with K > J may not be guaranteed as well, but


         only the first such right-hand side is reported. If a small


         componentwise error is not requested (PARAMS(3) = 0.0) then


         the Jth right-hand side is the first with a normwise error


         bound that is not guaranteed (the smallest J such


         that ERR_BNDS_NORM(J,1) = 0.0). By default (PARAMS(3) = 1.0)


         the Jth right-hand side is the first with either a normwise or


         componentwise error bound that is not guaranteed (the smallest


         J such that either ERR_BNDS_NORM(J,1) = 0.0 or


         ERR_BNDS_COMP(J,1) = 0.0). See the definition of


         ERR_BNDS_NORM(:,1) and ERR_BNDS_COMP(:,1). To get information


         about all of the right-hand sides check ERR_BNDS_NORM or


         ERR_BNDS_COMP.

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