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SGESV(l)								 )								  SGESV(l)

NAME
       SGESV - compute the solution to a real system of linear equations A * X = B,

SYNOPSIS
       SUBROUTINE SGESV( N, NRHS, A, LDA, IPIV, B, LDB, INFO )

	   INTEGER	 INFO, LDA, LDB, N, NRHS

	   INTEGER	 IPIV( * )

	   REAL 	 A( LDA, * ), B( LDB, * )

PURPOSE
       SGESV computes the solution to a real system of linear equations A * X = B, where A is an N-by-N matrix and X and B are N-by-NRHS matrices.

       The LU decomposition with partial pivoting and row interchanges is used to factor A as
	  A = P * L * U,
       where  P  is a permutation matrix, L is unit lower triangular, and U is upper triangular.  The factored form of A is then used to solve the
       system of equations A * X = B.

ARGUMENTS
       N       (input) INTEGER
	       The number of linear equations, i.e., the order of the matrix A.  N >= 0.

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

       A       (input/output) REAL array, dimension (LDA,N)
	       On entry, the N-by-N coefficient matrix A.  On exit, the factors L and U from the factorization A = P*L*U; the unit  diagonal  ele-
	       ments of L are not stored.

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

       IPIV    (output) INTEGER array, dimension (N)
	       The pivot indices that define the permutation matrix P; row i of the matrix was interchanged with row IPIV(i).

       B       (input/output) REAL array, dimension (LDB,NRHS)
	       On entry, the N-by-NRHS matrix of right hand side matrix B.  On exit, if INFO = 0, the N-by-NRHS solution matrix X.

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

       INFO    (output) INTEGER
	       = 0:  successful exit
	       < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value
	       >  0:   if  INFO  =  i, U(i,i) is exactly zero.	The factorization has been completed, but the factor U is exactly singular, so the
	       solution could not be computed.

LAPACK version 3.0						   15 June 2000 							  SGESV(l)