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Preconditioned normal equations for solving discretised partial differential equations

Numerical Analysis 2025-03-03 v2 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

This paper explores preconditioning the normal equation for non-symmetric square linear systems arising from PDE discretization, focusing on methods like CGNE and LSQR. The concept of ``normal'' preconditioning is introduced and a strategy to construct preconditioners studying the associated ``normal'' PDE is presented. Numerical experiments on convection-diffusion problems demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in achieving fast and stable convergence.

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@article{arxiv.2502.17626,
  title  = {Preconditioned normal equations for solving discretised partial differential equations},
  author = {Lorenzo Lazzarino and Yuji Nakatsukasa and Umberto Zerbinati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.17626},
  year   = {2025}
}
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