HP MLIB User's Guide Vol. 2 7th Ed.

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Chapter objectives
Refer to “Associated documentation” on page 628 for information about the
LAPACK Users’ Guide.
Chapter objectives
After reading this chapter you will:
• Know how to access LAPACK library subprograms
• Understand how LAPACK works in a parallel computing environment
• Understand LAPACK naming conventions
• Understand roundoff effects
• Understand how LAPACK handles errors
• Know how to access the online HP MLIB man pages
• Know what to do if you experience trouble using LAPACK subprograms
Associated documentation
The HP MLIB documentation set includes this manual and the
LAPACK Users’ Guide. The latter provides an introduction to the design of
LAPACK as well as complete specifications for all the driver and computational
routines.
The information in Part 2 of this manual (HP MLIB User’s Guide) supplements
the LAPACK Users’ Guide with information specific for HP LAPACK.
For the most recent edition of the LAPACK Users’ Guide, refer to the Netlib
repository at the following URL:
http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lug/index.html
For a complete list of supplemental documentation, refer to the “Preface” of this
manual.