BLAS
Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms


BLAS is a C library which contains the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) for level 1 (vector-vector operations), level 2 (matrix-vector operations) and level 3 (matrix-matrix operations), for single precision real arithmetic, double precision real arithmetic, single precision complex arithmetic, and double precision complex arithmetic.

For the contents of the library, refer to the individual components. This page exists primarily to explain how the unified BLAS library is created from the pieces.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

BLAS is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

BLAS0, a C library which contains auxilliary functions for the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS).

BLAS1_C, a C library which contains basic linear algebra subprograms (BLAS) for vector-vector operations, using single precision complex arithmetic, by Charles Lawson, Richard Hanson, David Kincaid, Fred Krogh.

BLAS1_D, a C library which contains basic linear algebra subprograms (BLAS) for vector-vector operations, using double precision real arithmetic, by Charles Lawson, Richard Hanson, David Kincaid, Fred Krogh.

BLAS1_S, a C library which contains basic linear algebra subprograms (BLAS) for vector-vector operations, using single precision real arithmetic, by Charles Lawson, Richard Hanson, David Kincaid, Fred Krogh.

BLAS1_Z, a C library which contains basic linear algebra subprograms (BLAS) for vector-vector operations, using double precision complex arithmetic, by Charles Lawson, Richard Hanson, David Kincaid, Fred Krogh.

BLAS2, a C library which contains basic linear algebra subprograms (BLAS) for matrix-vector operations;

BLAS3, a C library which contains basic linear algebra subprograms (BLAS) for matrix-matrix operations;

Reference:

  1. Charles Lawson, Richard Hanson, David Kincaid, Fred Krogh,
    Algorithm 539: Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms for Fortran Usage,
    ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software,
    Volume 5, Number 3, September 1979, pages 308-323.

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Last revised on 03 April 2014.