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Efficient estimation of eigenvalue counts in an interval

Numerical Analysis 2014-08-06 v2

Abstract

Estimating the number of eigenvalues located in a given interval of a large sparse Hermitian matrix is an important problem in certain applications and it is a prerequisite of eigensolvers based on a divide-and-conquer paradigm. Often an exact count is not necessary and methods based on stochastic estimates can be utilized to yield rough approximations. This paper examines a number of techniques tailored to this specific task. It reviews standard approaches and explores new ones based on polynomial and rational approximation filtering combined with a stochastic procedure.

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@article{arxiv.1308.4275,
  title  = {Efficient estimation of eigenvalue counts in an interval},
  author = {Edoardo Di Napoli and Eric Polizzi and Yousef Saad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.4275},
  year   = {2014}
}

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24 pages and 8 figures. Submitted to Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications

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