PSPOTRS(3)    ScaLAPACK routine of NEC Numeric Library Collection   PSPOTRS(3)



NAME
       PSPOTRS  -  solve a system of linear equations  sub( A ) * X = sub( B )
       A(IA:IA+N-1,JA:JA+N-1)*X = B(IB:IB+N-1,JB:JB+NRHS-1)

SYNOPSIS
       SUBROUTINE PSPOTRS( 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( * )

           REAL            A( * ), B( * )

PURPOSE
       PSPOTRS  solves  a  system  of linear equations sub( A ) * X = sub( B )
       A(IA:IA+N-1,JA:JA+N-1)*X = B(IB:IB+N-1,JB:JB+NRHS-1)  where  sub(  A  )
       denotes A(IA:IA+N-1,JA:JA+N-1) and is a N-by-N symmetric positive defi-
       nite distributed matrix using the Cholesky factorization  sub(  A  )  =
       U**T*U or L*L**T computed by PSPOTRF.  sub( B ) denotes the distributed
       matrix B(IB:IB+N-1,JB:JB+NRHS-1).


       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) REAL pointer into local memory to
               an array of dimension (LLD_A,  LOCc(JA+N-1)).  On  entry,  this
               array  contains  the  factors  L  or U from the Cholesky facto-
               rization sub( A ) = L*L**T or U**T*U, as computed by PSPOTRF.

       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) REAL pointer into the
               local   memory    to    an    array    of    local    dimension
               (LLD_B,LOCc(JB+NRHS-1)).  On entry, this array contains the the
               local pieces of the right hand sides sub( B ).  On  exit,  this
               array  contains  the  local  pieces of 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.



ScaLAPACK routine               31 October 2017                     PSPOTRS(3)