Title
A Class of Nonsymmetric Preconditioners for Saddle Point Problems
Abstract
For the iterative solution of saddle point problems, a nonsymmetric preconditioner is studied which, with respect to the upper-left block of the system matrix, can be seen as a variant of SSOR. An idealized situation where SSOR is taken with respect to the skew-symmetric part plus the diagonal part of the upper-left block is analyzed in detail. Since action of the preconditioner involves solution of a Schur complement system, an inexact form of the preconditioner can be of interest. This results in an inner-outer iterative process. Numerical experiments with solution of linearized Navier-Stokes equations demonstrate the efficiency of the new preconditioner, especially when the upper-left block is far from symmetric.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1137/040618680
SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
system matrix,constraint preconditioners,iterative methods,skew-symmetric part,idealized situation,saddle point problems,navier-stokes equations,diagonal part,inner-outer iterative process,nonsymmetric preconditioner,new preconditioner,inexact form,nonsymmetric indenite linear systems,inner- outer iterations,iterative solution,skew-symmetric preconditioners,preconditioning methods,upper-left block,nonsymmetric preconditioners,ssor,schur complement
Applied mathematics,Saddle point,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
4
0895-4798
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.60
22
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mike A. Botchev1271.97
Gene H. Golub22558856.07