PDPOSV(3)                MathKeisan ScaLAPACK routine                PDPOSV(3)



NAME
       PDPOSV  -  compute  the  solution  to a real system of linear equations
       sub( A ) * X = sub( B ),

SYNOPSIS
       SUBROUTINE PDPOSV( UPLO, N, NRHS, A, IA, JA, DESCA, B, IB,  JB,  DESCB,
                          INFO )

           CHARACTER      UPLO

           INTEGER        IA, IB, INFO, JA, JB, N, NRHS

           INTEGER        DESCA( * ), DESCB( * )

           DOUBLE         PRECISION A( * ), B( * )

PURPOSE
       PDPOSV  computes the solution to a real system of linear equations sub(
       A ) * X = sub( B ), where sub( A ) denotes  A(IA:IA+N-1,JA:JA+N-1)  and
       is  an  N-by-N symmetric distributed positive definite matrix and X and
       sub( B ) denoting B(IB:IB+N-1,JB:JB+NRHS-1) are  N-by-NRHS  distributed
       matrices.

       The Cholesky decomposition is used to factor sub( A ) as

                          sub( A ) = U**T * U,  if UPLO = 'U', or

                          sub( A ) = L * L**T,  if UPLO = 'L',

       where  U  is  an  upper  triangular  matrix and L is a lower triangular
       matrix.  The factored form of sub( A ) is then used to solve the system
       of equations.

       Notes
       =====

       Each  global data object is described by an associated description vec-
       tor.  This vector stores the information required to establish the map-
       ping between an object element and its corresponding process and memory
       location.

       Let A be a generic term for any 2D block  cyclicly  distributed  array.
       Such a global array has an associated description vector DESCA.  In the
       following comments, the character _ should be read as  "of  the  global
       array".

       NOTATION        STORED IN      EXPLANATION
       ---------------  --------------  --------------------------------------
       DTYPE_A(global) DESCA( DTYPE_ )The descriptor type.  In this case,
                                      DTYPE_A = 1.
       CTXT_A (global) DESCA( CTXT_ ) The BLACS context handle, indicating
                                      the BLACS process grid A is distribu-
                                      ted over. The context itself is glo-
                                      bal, but the handle (the integer
                                      value) may vary.
       M_A    (global) DESCA( M_ )    The number of rows in the global
                                      array A.
       N_A    (global) DESCA( N_ )    The number of columns in the global
                                      array A.
       MB_A   (global) DESCA( MB_ )   The blocking factor used to distribute
                                      the rows of the array.
       NB_A   (global) DESCA( NB_ )   The blocking factor used to distribute
                                      the columns of the array.
       RSRC_A (global) DESCA( RSRC_ ) The process row over which the first
                                      row  of  the  array  A  is  distributed.
       CSRC_A (global) DESCA( CSRC_ ) The process column over which the
                                      first column of the array A is
                                      distributed.
       LLD_A  (local)  DESCA( LLD_ )  The leading dimension of the local
                                      array.  LLD_A >= MAX(1,LOCr(M_A)).

       Let  K  be  the  number of rows or columns of a distributed matrix, and
       assume that its process grid has dimension p x q.
       LOCr( K ) denotes the number of elements of  K  that  a  process  would
       receive  if K were distributed over the p processes of its process col-
       umn.
       Similarly, LOCc( K ) denotes the number of elements of K that a process
       would receive if K were distributed over the q processes of its process
       row.
       The values of LOCr() and LOCc() may be determined via  a  call  to  the
       ScaLAPACK tool function, NUMROC:
               LOCr( M ) = NUMROC( M, MB_A, MYROW, RSRC_A, NPROW ),
               LOCc(  N ) = NUMROC( N, NB_A, MYCOL, CSRC_A, NPCOL ).  An upper
       bound for these quantities may be computed by:
               LOCr( M ) <= ceil( ceil(M/MB_A)/NPROW )*MB_A
               LOCc( N ) <= ceil( ceil(N/NB_A)/NPCOL )*NB_A

       This routine requires square block decomposition ( MB_A = NB_A ).


ARGUMENTS
       UPLO    (global input) CHARACTER
               = 'U':  Upper triangle of sub( A ) is stored;
               = 'L':  Lower triangle of sub( A ) is stored.

       N       (global input) INTEGER
               The number of rows and columns to  be  operated  on,  i.e.  the
               order of the distributed submatrix sub( A ). N >= 0.

       NRHS    (global input) INTEGER
               The  number of right hand sides, i.e., the number of columns of
               the distributed submatrix sub( B ). NRHS >= 0.

       A       (local input/local output) DOUBLE PRECISION pointer into the
               local memory to an array of  dimension  (LLD_A,  LOCc(JA+N-1)).
               On  entry,  this  array contains the local pieces of the N-by-N
               symmetric distributed matrix sub( A ) to be factored.  If  UPLO
               =  'U',  the  leading  N-by-N upper triangular part of sub( A )
               contains the upper triangular  part  of  the  matrix,  and  its
               strictly  lower  triangular  part is not referenced.  If UPLO =
               'L', the leading N-by-N lower triangular part of sub( A )  con-
               tains  the  lower  triangular part of the distribu- ted matrix,
               and its strictly upper triangular part is  not  referenced.  On
               exit,  if INFO = 0, this array contains the local pieces of the
               factor U or L from the Cholesky factori-  zation  sub(  A  )  =
               U**T*U or L*L**T.

       IA      (global input) INTEGER
               The row index in the global array A indicating the first row of
               sub( A ).

       JA      (global input) INTEGER
               The column index in the global array  A  indicating  the  first
               column of sub( A ).

       DESCA   (global and local input) INTEGER array of dimension DLEN_.
               The array descriptor for the distributed matrix A.

       B       (local input/local output) DOUBLE PRECISION pointer into the
               local  memory  to an array of dimension (LLD_B,LOC(JB+NRHS-1)).
               On entry, the local pieces of the right  hand  sides  distribu-
               ted  matrix  sub(  B ). On exit, if INFO = 0, sub( B ) is over-
               written with the solution distributed matrix X.

       IB      (global input) INTEGER
               The row index in the global array B indicating the first row of
               sub( B ).

       JB      (global input) INTEGER
               The  column  index  in  the global array B indicating the first
               column of sub( B ).

       DESCB   (global and local input) INTEGER array of dimension DLEN_.
               The array descriptor for the distributed matrix B.

       INFO    (global output) INTEGER
               = 0:  successful exit
               < 0:  If the i-th argument is an array and the j-entry  had  an
               illegal  value, then INFO = -(i*100+j), if the i-th argument is
               a scalar and had an illegal value, then INFO = -i.   >  0:   If
               INFO = K, the leading minor of order K,
               A(IA:IA+K-1,JA:JA+K-1)  is  not positive definite, and the fac-
               torization could not be completed, and  the  solution  has  not
               been computed.



ScaLAPACK version 1.7           13 August 2001                       PDPOSV(3)