https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Pardiso-iparm-1-manual-typo-BSR-format-typo/m-p/894148#M10709 <P>thanks, that's correct - we will fix these typos.</P> <P>--Gennady</P> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:58:06 GMT Gennady_F_Intel 2010-02-12T14:58:06Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Pardiso-iparm-1-manual-typo-BSR-format-typo/m-p/894147#M10708 I encountered a few typo's in the MKL 9.1 gold manual that persisted to the current manual:<BR /><DL><DT class="dlterm"><BR /></DT><DT class="dlterm">The documentation on the Pardiso routine claims that setting iparm(1) to 0, PARDISO fills iparm(1) with default values. This should read iparm(2). See the snippet below from<BR /></DT><DT class="dlterm"><A href="http://www.intel.com/software/products/mkl/docs/webhelp/ssr/functn_pardiso.html">http://www.intel.com/software/products/mkl/docs/webhelp/ssr/functn_pardiso.html</A></DT> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>iparm</P> <P style="padding-left: 20pt;">INTEGER</P> <P style="padding-left: 20pt;">Array, dimension (<SAMP class="codeph">64</SAMP>). This array is used to pass various parameters to PARDISO and to return some useful information after execution of the solver. If <SAMP class="codeph">iparm<SAMP class="codeph">(1)</SAMP> = 0</SAMP>, PARDISO fills iparm<SAMP class="codeph">(<SPAN style="text-decoration: line-through;"><B>1</B></SPAN><B>2</B>)</SAMP>, and iparm<SAMP class="codeph">(4)</SAMP> through iparm<SAMP class="codeph">(64)</SAMP> with default values and uses them. ...</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>In the definition of the block compressed sparse row (BSR) format, at <A href="http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/compilerpro/en-us/cpp/win/mkl/refman/index.htm">http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/compilerpro/en-us/cpp/win/mkl/refman/index.htm</A>,</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>If the size of the block equals 2, then the sparse matrix <VAR class="varname">D</VAR> can be represented as a 3x3 block matrix <VAR class="varname">E</VAR> with the following structure:</P> <P style="text-align: center;"><IMG alt="3x3 block matrix E" src="http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/compilerpro/en-us/cpp/win/mkl/refman/appendices/Images/mkl_appA_SMSF9.gif" height="85" width="183" /></P> <P>where</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><IMG alt="submatrix definitions L,M,N,P,Q" src="https://community.intel.com/../../sites/products/documentation/hpc/compilerpro/en-us/cpp/win/mkl/refman/appendices/Images/mkl_appA_SMSF10.gif" height="55" width="632" /></P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Here, N = [ 1,4 ; 5,1 ] where in D, the corresponding submatrix reads [ 1,4; 5,2 ]. The "values" arrays in both one- and zero-based indexing are in accordance to the D matrix.</P> <P></P> </DL> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:30:08 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Pardiso-iparm-1-manual-typo-BSR-format-typo/m-p/894147#M10708 martenjan 2010-02-12T10:30:08Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Pardiso-iparm-1-manual-typo-BSR-format-typo/m-p/894148#M10709 <P>thanks, that's correct - we will fix these typos.</P> <P>--Gennady</P> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:58:06 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Pardiso-iparm-1-manual-typo-BSR-format-typo/m-p/894148#M10709 Gennady_F_Intel 2010-02-12T14:58:06Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Pardiso-iparm-1-manual-typo-BSR-format-typo/m-p/894149#M10710 Hello,<BR /><BR />This issue has been fixed in the MKL Manual for the MKl 10.3 beta. <BR /><BR />You can download it using the next link:<BR /><A href="http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-math-kernel-library-103-beta/">http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-math-kernel-library-103-beta/</A><BR /><BR />Best regards,<BR />Artem Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:04:08 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Pardiso-iparm-1-manual-typo-BSR-format-typo/m-p/894149#M10710 Artem_V_Intel 2010-07-30T14:04:08Z