# @stdlib/lapack-base

> Base (i.e., lower-level) LAPACK routines.

Latest version **0.2.1** (published 2026-02-08) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @stdlib/lapack-base
pnpm add @stdlib/lapack-base
yarn add @stdlib/lapack-base
bun add @stdlib/lapack-base
```

## Health

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Warnings: low downloads; no esm support; pre 1.0.

## Facts

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| Version | 0.2.1 |
| Published | 2026-02-08 |
| First published | 2024-07-29 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=0.10.0 |
| Dependencies | 29 |
| Unpacked size | 77.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | The Stdlib Authors |
| Maintainers | stdlib-bot, kgryte, planeshifter, rreusser |
| Keywords | stdlib, stdmath, stdblas, standard, library, std, lib, mathematics, math, blas, lapack, linear, algebra, linalg |

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## Dependencies (29)

- [@stdlib/lapack-base-crot](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-crot.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-zrot](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-zrot.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-clacgv](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-clacgv.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-clacpy](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-clacpy.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-claset](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-claset.md) ^0.1.0
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-claswp](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-claswp.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dgttrf](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dgttrf.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlacpy](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlacpy.md) ^0.2.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dladiv](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dladiv.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlamch](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlamch.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlapy2](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlapy2.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlapy3](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlapy3.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlaset](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlaset.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlassq](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlassq.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlaswp](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlaswp.md) ^0.2.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dpttrf](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dpttrf.md) ^0.1.2
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-iladlc](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-iladlc.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-iladlr](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-iladlr.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-slacpy](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-slacpy.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-slaswp](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-slaswp.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-spttrf](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-spttrf.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-zlacgv](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-zlacgv.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-zlacpy](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-zlacpy.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-zlaset](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-zlaset.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-zlaswp](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-zlaswp.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dlarf1f](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dlarf1f.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-dge-trans](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-dge-trans.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/lapack-base-sge-trans](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/lapack-base-sge-trans.md) ^0.1.1
- [@stdlib/utils-define-read-only-property](https://npm.io/package/@stdlib/utils-define-read-only-property.md) ^0.2.3

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## Recent versions

- 0.2.1 (latest) — 2026-02-08
- 0.2.0 — 2026-01-31
- 0.1.0 — 2024-07-29

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# LAPACK

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> Base (i.e., lower-level) linear algebra package (LAPACK) routines.

<section class="installation">

## Installation

```bash
npm install @stdlib/lapack-base
```

</section>

<section class="usage">

## Usage

```javascript
var lapack = require( '@stdlib/lapack-base' );
```

#### lapack

Namespace for "base" (i.e., lower-level) linear algebra package (LAPACK) routines.

```javascript
var o = lapack;
// returns {...}
```

The namespace contains the following:

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-   <span class="signature">[`clacgv( N, cx, strideCX )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/clacgv]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">conjugate each element in a single-precision complex floating-point vector.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`clacpy( order, uplo, M, N, A, LDA, B, LDB )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/clacpy]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">copy all or part of a matrix `A` to another matrix `B`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`claset( order, uplo, M, N, alpha, beta, A, LDA )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/claset]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">set the off-diagonal elements and the diagonal elements of a single-precision complex floating-point matrix to specified values.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`claswp( N, A, LDA, k1, k2, IPIV, incx )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/claswp]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">perform a series of row interchanges on an input matrix.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`crot( N, cx, strideCX, cy, strideCY, c, s )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/crot]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">apply a plane rotation with real cosine and complex sine to a pair of single-precision complex floating-point vectors.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dgetrans( order, M, N, A, LDA, out, LDO )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dge-trans]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">convert a matrix from row-major layout to column-major layout or vice versa.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dgttrf( N, DL, D, DU, DU2, IPIV )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dgttrf]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">compute an `LU` factorization of a real tridiagonal matrix `A` using elimination with partial pivoting and row interchanges.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlacpy( order, uplo, M, N, A, LDA, B, LDB )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlacpy]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">copy all or part of a matrix `A` to another matrix `B`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dladiv( a, b, c, d, P, Q )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dladiv]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">divide two double-precision complex floating-point numbers in real arithmetic.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlamch( cmach )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlamch]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">determine double-precision floating-point machine parameters.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlapy2( x, y )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlapy2]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">LAPACK routine to calculate `sqrt(x^2 + y^2)` in a manner which doesn't cause unnecessary overflow.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlapy3( x, y, z )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlapy3]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">LAPACK routine to calculate `sqrt(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)` in a manner which doesn't cause unnecessary overflow.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlarf1f( order, side, M, N, V, strideV, tau, C, LDC, work )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlarf1f]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">apply a real elementary reflector `H = I - tau * v * v^T` to a real M by N matrix `C`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlaset( order, uplo, M, N, alpha, beta, A, LDA )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlaset]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">set the off-diagonal elements and the diagonal elements of a double-precision floating-point matrix to specified values.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlassq( N, X, strideX, scale, sumsq )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlassq]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">return an updated sum of squares represented in scaled form.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dlaswp( N, A, LDA, k1, k2, IPIV, incx )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dlaswp]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">perform a series of row interchanges on an input matrix.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`dpttrf( N, D, E )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/dpttrf]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">compute the `L * D * L^T` factorization of a real symmetric positive definite tridiagonal matrix `A`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`iladlc( order, M, N, A, LDA )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/iladlc]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">find the index of the last non-zero column in a matrix `A`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`iladlr( order, M, N, A, LDA )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/iladlr]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">find the index of the last non-zero row in a matrix `A`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`sgetrans( order, M, N, A, LDA, out, LDO )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/sge-trans]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">convert a matrix from row-major layout to column-major layout or vice versa.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`slacpy( order, uplo, M, N, A, LDA, B, LDB )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/slacpy]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">copy all or part of a matrix `A` to another matrix `B`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`slaswp( N, A, LDA, k1, k2, IPIV, incx )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/slaswp]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">perform a series of row interchanges on an input matrix.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`spttrf( N, D, E )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/spttrf]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">compute the `L * D * L^T` factorization of a real symmetric positive definite tridiagonal matrix `A`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`zlacgv( N, zx, strideZX )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/zlacgv]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">conjugate each element in a double-precision complex floating-point vector.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`zlacpy( order, uplo, M, N, A, LDA, B, LDB )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/zlacpy]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">copy all or part of a matrix `A` to another matrix `B`.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`zlaset( order, uplo, M, N, alpha, beta, A, LDA )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/zlaset]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">set the off-diagonal elements and the diagonal elements of a double-precision complex floating-point matrix to specified values.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`zlaswp( N, A, LDA, k1, k2, IPIV, incx )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/zlaswp]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">perform a series of row interchanges on an input matrix.</span>
-   <span class="signature">[`zrot( N, zx, strideX, zy, strideY, c, s )`][@stdlib/lapack/base/zrot]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">apply a plane rotation with real cosine and complex sine to a pair of double-precision complex floating-point vectors.</span>

</div>

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</section>

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<section class="examples">

## Examples

<!-- TODO: better examples -->

<!-- eslint no-undef: "error" -->

```javascript
var objectKeys = require( '@stdlib/utils-keys' );
var lapack = require( '@stdlib/lapack-base' );

console.log( objectKeys( lapack ) );
```

</section>

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