.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: set_math_lib

.. _set_math_lib:

set_math_lib
============

.. us.tag  set_math_lib NOTREADYENGLISH math-misc New5140 Changed5152

:ref:`set_math_lib` sets the math library.

.. function::  bool = set_math_lib(ssLib)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*bool* is TRUE (1), if the function was successful and otherwise FALSE (0).

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssLib

   *ssLib* is one of the strings "ref", "mkl".

   .. list-table::
      :header-rows: 0

      * - mkl
        - Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL),  http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mkl/
      * - ref
        - Non optimized reference implementaion,  http://www.netlib.org/lapack/index.html

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   set_math_lib("ref")
   a = rand(1000, 1000);
   tic(); a*a; toc()
   set_math_lib("mkl")
   a = rand(1000, 1000);
   tic(); a*a; toc()

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.15.2
     - AMD Core Math Library (ACML) removed, use MKL.
   * - 5.14.0
     - New

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-mathematic`,
   :ref:`get_math_lib`

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