LAPACK - AshokBhat/notes GitHub Wiki

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FAQs

  • Who is behind LAPACK?
    • Hosted at netlib
  • Is LAPACK an API or Library?
    • A Library with C and Fortran API
    • Libraries can implement LAPACK functionality with the same API as netlib LAPACK
  • What does it provide?
    • Higher-level sequential linear algebra operations
    • Routines to solve
      • Systems of linear equations 
      • Linear least squares
      • Eigenvalue problems
      • Singular value decomposition
  • Does it use BLAS?
    • Built on top of the BLAS
  • Can LAPACK be part of commercial libraries?
    • Netlib LAPACK is a reference implementation
    • Vendors can incorporate LAPACK functionality in their libs with the same API as netlib LAPACK
  • Can LAPACK be parallel?
    • Only if underlying BLAS is parallel (for example OpenMP enabled BLAS)

See also

  • [MPI]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[[BLAS)