Title
A comparison of adaptive Chebyshev and least squares polynomial preconditioning for Hermitian positive definite linear systems
Abstract
This paper explores the use of adaptive polynomial preconditioning for Hermitian positive definite linear systems, Ax = b. Such preconditioners are easy to employ and well suited to vector and/or parallel machines. After examining the role of polynomial preconditioning in conjugate gradient methods, the least squares and Chebyshev preconditioning polynomials are discussed. Eigenvalue distributions for which each is well suited are then determined. An adaptive procedure for dynamically computing the best Chebyshev polynomial preconditioner is also described. Finally, the effectiveness of adaptive polynomial preconditioning is demonstrated in a variety of numerical experiments on a Cray X-MP/48 and Alliant FX/8. The results suggest that relatively low degree (2-16) polynomials are usually best.
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1137/0913001
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHODS,POLYNOMIAL PRECONDITIONING,CHEBYSHEV POLYNOMIAL,LEAST SQUARES POLYNOMIAL,ADAPTIVE PROCEDURE
Chebyshev nodes,Chebyshev polynomials,Mathematical optimization,Stable polynomial,Polynomial matrix,Polynomial,Mathematical analysis,Chebyshev equation,Reciprocal polynomial,Matrix polynomial,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
1
0196-5204
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
6.31
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Steven F. Ashby1126.31
Thomas A. Manteuffel234953.64
James S. Otto3178.34