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Multigrid preconditioners and solvers for the indefinite Helmholtz equation suffer from non-stability of the stationary smoothers due to the indefinite spectrum of the operator. In this paper we explore GMRES as a replacement for the…
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Vertex-patch smoothers are essential for the robust convergence of geometric multigrid methods in high-order finite element applications, yet their adoption is traditionally hindered by the prohibitive cost of solving local patch problems.…
A hybrid Schwarz/multigrid method for spectral element solvers to the Poisson equation in $\mathbb R^2$ is presented. It extends the additive Schwarz method studied by J. Lottes and P. Fischer (J. Sci. Comput. 24:45--78, 2005) by…
The convergence of multigrid methods degrades significantly if a small number of low quality cells are present in a finite element mesh, and this can be a barrier to the efficient and robust application of multigrid on complicated geometric…
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