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Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) methods are state-of-the-art algebraic solvers for partial differential equations. Still, their efficiency depends heavily on the choice of suitable parameters and/or ingredients. Paradigmatic examples include the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Paola F. Antonietti , Matteo Caldana , Lorenzo Gentile , Marco Verani

Divergence constraints are present in the governing equations of numerous physical phenomena, and they usually lead to a Poisson equation whose solution represents a bottleneck in many simulation codes. Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) is arguably…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Àdel Alsalti-Baldellou , Carlo Janna , Xavier Álvarez-Farré , F. Xavier Trias

We describe main issues and design principles of an efficient implementation, tailored to recent generations of Nvidia Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), of an Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) preconditioner previously proposed by one of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-11 Massimo Bernaschi , Pasqua D'Ambra , Dario Pasquini

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is a widely used scalable solver and preconditioner for large-scale linear systems resulting from the discretization of a wide class of elliptic PDEs. While AMG has optimal computational complexity, the cost of…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Wayne B. Mitchell , Robert Strzodka , Robert D. Falgout

This paper develops a new algebraic multigrid (AMG) method for sparse least-squares systems of the form $A=G^TG$ motivated by challenging applications in scientific computing where classical AMG methods fail. First we review and relate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Ben S. Southworth , Hussam Al Daas , Golo A. Wimmer , Ed Threlfall

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods are among the most efficient solvers for linear systems of equations and they are widely used for the solution of problems stemming from the discretization of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). The most…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Matteo Caldana , Paola F. Antonietti , Luca Dede'

Parallel-in-time methods for partial differential equations (PDEs) have been the subject of intense development over recent decades, particularly for diffusion-dominated problems. It has been widely reported in the literature, however, that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-22 H. De Sterck , R. D. Falgout , O. A. Krzysik , J. B. Schroder

We develop a reduction multigrid based on approximate ideal restriction (AIR) for use with asymmetric linear systems. We use fixed-order GMRES polynomials to approximate $A_\textrm{ff}^{-1}$ and we use these polynomials to build grid…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-06-12 S. Dargaville , R. P. Smedley-Stevenson , P. N. Smith , C. C. Pain

Multigrid methods are asymptotically optimal algorithms ideal for large-scale simulations. But, they require making numerous algorithmic choices that significantly influence their efficiency. Unlike recent approaches that learn optimal…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Dinesh Parthasarathy , Tommaso Bevilacqua , Martin Lanser , Axel Klawonn , Harald Köstler

We consider the parallel time integration of the linear advection equation with the Parareal and two-level multigrid-reduction-in-time (MGRIT) algorithms. Our aim is to develop a better understanding of the convergence behaviour of these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Oliver A. Krzysik , Hans De Sterck , Scott P. MacLachlan , Stephanie Friedhoff

We present a novel deep learning-based algorithm to accelerate - through the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) - the convergence of Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) methods for the iterative solution of the linear systems of equations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Paola F. Antonietti , Matteo Caldana , Luca Dede'

The paper focuses on developing and studying efficient block preconditioners based on classical algebraic multigrid for the large-scale sparse linear systems arising from the fully coupled and implicitly cell-centered finite volume…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-03 Xiaoqiang Yue , Shulei Zhang , Xiaowen Xu , Shi Shu , Weidong Shi

Large sparse linear systems of equations are ubiquitous in science and engineering, such as those arising from discretizations of partial differential equations. Algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods are one of the most common methods of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Ali Taghibakhshi , Scott MacLachlan , Luke Olson , Matthew West

This paper provides a unified and detailed presentation of root-node style algebraic multigrid (AMG). Algebraic multigrid is a popular and effective iterative method for solving large, sparse linear systems that arise from discretizing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Thomas A. Manteuffel , Luke N. Olson , Jacob B. Schroder , Ben S. Southworth

A wide variety of (fixed-point) iterative methods for the solution of nonlinear equations (in Hilbert spaces) exists. In many cases, such schemes can be interpreted as iterative local linearization methods, which, as will be shown, can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-16 Pascal Heid , Thomas P. Wihler

Standard gradient-based iteration algorithms for optimization, such as gradient descent and its various proximal-based extensions to nonsmooth problems, are known to converge slowly for ill-conditioned problems, sometimes requiring many…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-24 G. H. M. Araújo , O. A. Krzysik , H. De Sterck

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods are powerful solvers with linear or near-linear computational complexity for certain classes of linear systems, Ax=b. Broadening the scope of problems that AMG can effectively solve requires the development…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-15 James Brannick , Scott P. MacLachlan , Jacob B. Schroder , Ben S. Southworth

The paper presents AMGCL -- an opensource C++ library implementing the algebraic multigrid method (AMG) for solution of large sparse linear systems of equations, usually arising from discretization of partial differential equations on an…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Denis Demidov

We propose a data-driven and machine-learning-based approach to compute non-Galerkin coarse-grid operators in algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods, addressing the well-known issue of increasing operator complexity. Guided by the AMG theory on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Ru Huang , Kai Chang , Huan He , Ruipeng Li , Yuanzhe Xi

This work develops a nonlinear multigrid method for diffusion problems discretized by cell-centered finite volume methods on general unstructured grids. The multigrid hierarchy is constructed algebraically using aggregation of degrees of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-29 Chak Shing Lee , François Hamon , Nicola Castelletto , Panayot S. Vassilevski , Joshua White