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We consider the solution of large stiff systems of ordinary differential equations with explicit exponential Runge--Kutta integrators. These problems arise from semi-discretized semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations on…
A Krylov subspace recycling method for the efficient evaluation of a sequence of matrix functions acting on a set of vectors is developed. The method improves over the recycling methods presented in [Burke et al., arXiv:2209.14163, 2022] in…
A common way to approximate $F(A)b$ -- the action of a matrix function on a vector -- is to use the Arnoldi approximation. Since a new vector needs to be generated and stored in every iteration, one is often forced to rely on restart…
We consider the problem of approximating the von Neumann entropy of a large, sparse, symmetric positive semidefinite matrix $A$, defined as $\operatorname{tr}(f(A))$ where $f(x)=-x\log x$. After establishing some useful properties of this…
We study a reliable pole selection for the rational approximation of the resolvent of fractional powers of operators in both the finite and infinite dimensional setting. The analysis exploits the representation in terms of hypergeometric…
This paper studies theoretical lower bounds for estimating the trace of a matrix function, $\text{tr}(f(A))$, focusing on methods that use Hutchinson's method along with Block Krylov techniques. These methods work by approximating…
We introduce an algorithm for estimating the trace of a matrix function $f(\mathbf{A})$ using implicit products with a symmetric matrix $\mathbf{A}$. Existing methods for implicit trace estimation of a matrix function tend to treat…
An a posteriori estimate for the error of a standard Krylov approximation to the matrix exponential is derived. The estimate is based on the defect (residual) of the Krylov approximation and is proven to constitute a rigorous upper bound on…
An efficient Krylov subspace algorithm for computing actions of the $\varphi$ matrix function for large matrices is proposed. This matrix function is widely used in exponential time integration, Markov chains and network analysis and many…
This work is concerned with approximating matrix functions for banded matrices, hierarchically semiseparable matrices, and related structures. We develop a new divide-and-conquer method based on (rational) Krylov subspace methods for…
The resolvent Krylov subspace method builds approximations to operator functions $f(A)$ times a vector $v$. For the semigroup and related operator functions, this method is proved to possess the favorable property that the convergence is…
The numerical computation of matrix functions such as $f(A)V$, where $A$ is an $n\times n$ large and sparse square matrix, $V$ is an $n \times p$ block with $p\ll n$ and $f$ is a nonlinear matrix function, arises in various applications…
Many scientific applications require the evaluation of the action of the matrix function over a vector and the most common methods for this task are those based on the Krylov subspace. Since the orthogonalization cost and memory requirement…
Krylov subspace methods are a ubiquitous tool for computing near-optimal rank $k$ approximations of large matrices. While "large block" Krylov methods with block size at least $k$ give the best known theoretical guarantees, block size one…
We present two algorithms for constructing orthonormal bases of rational function vectors with respect to a discrete inner product, and discuss how to use them for a rational approximation problem. Building on the pencil-based formulation…
Krylov subspace methods for approximating a matrix function $f(A)$ times a vector $v$ are analyzed in this paper. For the Arnoldi approximation to $e^{-\tau A}v$, two reliable a posteriori error estimates are derived from the new bounds and…
Randomized orthogonal projection methods (ROPMs) can be used to speed up the computation of Krylov subspace methods in various contexts. Through a theoretical and numerical investigation, we establish that these methods produce…
We develop and analyze an inexact regularized alternating projection method for nonconvex feasibility problems. Such a method employs inexact projections on one of the two sets, according to a set of well-defined conditions. We prove the…
We show how rational function approximations to the logarithm, such as $\log z \approx (z^2 - 1)/(z^2 + 6z + 1)$, can be turned into fast algorithms for approximating the determinant of a very large matrix. We empirically demonstrate that…
Krylov subspace methods are a powerful tool for efficiently solving high-dimensional linear algebra problems. In this work, we study the approximation quality that a Krylov subspace provides for estimating the numerical range of a matrix.…