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Large linear systems with sparse, non-symmetric matrices arise in the modeling of Markov chains or in the discretization of convection-diffusion problems. Due to their potential to solve sparse linear systems with an effort that is linear…
Multigrid is a powerful solver for large-scale linear systems arising from discretized partial differential equations. The convergence theory of multigrid methods for symmetric positive definite problems has been well developed over the…
Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is one of the fastest numerical methods for solving large sparse linear systems. For SPD matrices, convergence of AMG is well motivated in the $A$-norm, and AMG has proven to be an effective solver for many…
Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is known to be an effective solver for many sparse symmetric positive definite (SPD) linear systems. For SPD systems, the convergence theory of AMG is well-understood in terms of the $A$-norm, but in a nonsymmetric…
In this paper, we investigate the AMLI-cycle method and make two contributions. First, we revisit the AMLI-cycle using the Chebyshev polynomials and establish a theory for its uniform convergence, assuming the two-grid method converges…
Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is often an effective solver for symmetric positive definite (SPD) linear systems resulting from the discretization of general elliptic PDEs, or the spatial discretization of parabolic PDEs. However, convergence…
In this paper we analyse the convergence properties of V-cycle multigrid algorithms for the numerical solution of the linear system of equations arising from discontinuous Galerkin discretization of second-order elliptic partial…
Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) methods are often robust and effective solvers for solving the large and sparse linear systems that arise from discretized PDEs and other problems, relying on heuristic graph algorithms to achieve their…
We consider an algebraic multigrid (AMG) scheme for the direct solution of complex- valued square linear systems based on a recursive 2 x 2 block partitioning of the coefficient matrix and study the optimal choices of its components. In…
In this paper, we discuss the convergence of an Algebraic MultiGrid (AMG) method for general symmetric positive-definite matrices. The method relies on an aggregation algorithm, named \emph{coarsening based on compatible weighted matching},…
The standard goal for an effective algebraic multigrid (AMG) algorithm is to develop relaxation and coarse-grid correction schemes that attenuate complementary error modes. In the nonsymmetric setting, coarse-grid correction $\Pi$ will…
We prove the uniform convergence of the geometric multigrid V-cycle for hybrid high-order (HHO) and other discontinuous skeletal methods. Our results generalize previously established results for HDG methods, and our multigrid method uses…
In the present paper we concentrate on an important issue in constructing a good multigrid solver: the choice of an efficient smoother. We will introduce all-at-once multigrid solvers for optimal control problems which show robust…
Algebraic multigrid (AMG) solvers and preconditioners are some of the fastest numerical methods to solve linear systems, particularly in a parallel environment, scaling to hundreds of thousands of cores. Most AMG methods and theory assume a…
The solution of parameter-dependent linear systems, by classical methods, leads to an arithmetic effort that grows exponentially in the number of parameters. This renders the multigrid method, which has a well understood convergence theory,…
An efficient nonlinear multigrid method for a mixed finite element method of the Darcy-Forchheimer model is constructed in this paper. A Peaceman-Rachford type iteration is used as a smoother to decouple the nonlinearity from the divergence…
I present a motivation of several areas where the Multigrid techniques can be employed. I present typical areas where the multigrid solver might be employed. I give an introduction to smoothers and how one might choose a preconditionor as…
This paper is to give an overview of AMG methods for solving large scale systems of equations such as those from the discretization of partial differential equations. AMG is often understood as the acronym of "Algebraic Multi-Grid", but it…
The goal of this primer is to provide a relatively short exposition of the basics of multigrid methods, simplified by focusing on fundamental concepts in a variational setting. This is done by way of a quadratic energy minimization…
Given a multigrid procedure for linear systems with coefficient matrices $A_n$, we discuss the optimality of a related multigrid procedure with the same smoother and the same projector, when applied to properly related algebraic problems…