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Title: Conditioning Analysis of Incomplete Cholesky Factorizations with Orthogonal Dropping

Journal Article · · SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1137/120870414· OSTI ID:1076810
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  1. Free Univ. of Brussels (Belgium)

The analysis of preconditioners based on incomplete Cholesky factorization in which the neglected (dropped) components are orthogonal to the approximations being kept is presented. General estimate for the condition number of the preconditioned system is given which only depends on the accuracy of individual approximations. The estimate is further improved if, for instance, only the newly computed rows of the factor are modified during each approximation step. In this latter case it is further shown to be sharp. The analysis is illustrated with some existing factorizations in the context of discretized elliptic partial differential equations.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1076810
Report Number(s):
LBNL-5353E
Journal Information:
SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol. 34, Issue 3; ISSN 0895-4798
Publisher:
SIAM
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English