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Approximation Theory for Matrices

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We review the theory of optimal polynomial and rational Chebyshev approximations, and Zolotarev's formula for the sign function over the range (\epsilon \leq |z| \leq1). We explain how rational approximations can be applied to large sparse matrices efficiently by making use of partial fraction expansions and multi-shift Krylov space solvers.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0402037,
  title  = {Approximation Theory for Matrices},
  author = {A. D. Kennedy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0402037},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 7 figures