Abstract

After briefly recalling some relevant approaches for preconditioning large symmetric linear systems, we describe a novel class of preconditioners. Our proposal is tailored for large indefinite linear systems, which arise very frequently in many different contexts of numerical analysis and nonlinear optimization. Our preconditioners are built as a byproduct of the Krylov subspace method used to solve the system. We describe theoretical properties of the proposed class of preconditioners, namely their capability of both shifting some eigenvalues of the system’s matrix to controlled values, and reducing the modulus of the other ones. The results of a numerical experimentation give evidence of the good performance of our proposal.

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Publication details

DOI
10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp63-79
Journal
Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 17(1), 63
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University
Open access
Gold open access
License
CC BY 4.0

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APA 7

Fasano, G., & Roma, M. (2011). Preconditioning Large Indefinite Linear Systems. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 17(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp63-79

MLA 9

Fasano, Giovanni, and Massimo Roma. "Preconditioning Large Indefinite Linear Systems." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 17, no. 1, 2011, pp. 63. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp63-79.

Chicago (author–date)

Fasano, Giovanni, and Massimo Roma. 2011. "Preconditioning Large Indefinite Linear Systems." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 17 (1): 63. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp63-79.

Harvard

Fasano, G. and Roma, M. (2011) 'Preconditioning Large Indefinite Linear Systems', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 17(1), pp. 63. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp63-79.

Vancouver

Fasano G, Roma M. Preconditioning Large Indefinite Linear Systems. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2011;17(1):63. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp63-79

IEEE

G. Fasano, and M. Roma, "Preconditioning Large Indefinite Linear Systems," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 63, 2011, doi: 10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp63-79.