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psb_amx -- Global maximum absolute value</A>
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<PRE>
call psb_amx(icontxt, dat, root)
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This subroutine implements a maximum absolute value reduction
operation based on the underlying communication library. 
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>Type:</STRONG></DT>
<DD>Synchronous.
</DD>
<DT><STRONG><B>On Entry </B></STRONG></DT>
<DD>
</DD>
<DT><STRONG>icontxt</STRONG></DT>
<DD>the communication context identifying the virtual
  parallel machine.
<BR>
Scope: <B>global</B>.
<BR>
Type: <B>required</B>.
<BR>
Intent: <B>in</B>.
<BR>
Specified as: an integer variable.
</DD>
<DT><STRONG>dat</STRONG></DT>
<DD>The local contribution to the global maximum.
<BR>
Scope: <B>local</B>.
<BR>
Type: <B>required</B>.
<BR>
Intent: <B>inout</B>.
<BR>
Specified as: an integer, real or complex variable, which may be a
scalar, or a rank 1 or 2 array.  Type, kind, rank and size must agree on all processes.
</DD>
<DT><STRONG>root</STRONG></DT>
<DD>Process to hold the final value, or <IMG
 WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="30" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
 SRC="img83.png"
 ALT="$-1$"> to make it available
  on all processes.
<BR>
Scope: <B>global</B>.
<BR>
Type: <B>optional</B>.
<BR>
Intent: <B>in</B>.
<BR>
Specified as: an integer value <!-- MATH
 $-1<= root <= np-1$
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 WIDTH="165" HEIGHT="30" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
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<DT><STRONG><B>On Return</B></STRONG></DT>
<DD>
</DD>
<DT><STRONG>dat</STRONG></DT>
<DD>On destination process(es), the result of the maximum operation.
<BR>
Scope: <B>global</B>.
<BR>
Type: <B>required</B>.
<BR>
Intent: <B>inout</B>.
<BR>
Specified as: an integer, real or complex variable, which may be a
scalar, or a rank 1 or 2 array.  Type, kind, rank and size must agree on all processes.
</DD>
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<FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Notes</B></FONT>

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<LI>The <code>dat</code> argument is both input and output, and its
  value may be changed even on processes different from the final
  result destination.
</LI>
<LI>The <code>dat</code> argument may also be a long integer scalar.
</LI>
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