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In theory, the Lanczos algorithm generates an orthogonal basis of the corresponding Krylov subspace. However, in finite precision arithmetic, the orthogonality and linear independence of the computed Lanczos vectors is usually lost quickly.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-07 Dorota Šimonová , Petr Tichý

We obtain an expression for the error in the approximation of $f(A) \boldsymbol{b}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}^T f(A) \boldsymbol{b}$ with rational Krylov methods, where $A$ is a symmetric matrix, $\boldsymbol{b}$ is a vector and the function $f$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-07 Igor Simunec

A deflated and restarted Lanczos algorithm to solve hermitian linear systems, and at the same time compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors for application to multiple right-hand sides, is described. For the first right-hand side, eigenvectors…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-01-21 Abdou M. Abdel-Rehim , Ronald B. Morgan , Dywayne Nicely , Walter Wilcox

The Arnoldi process provides an efficient framework for approximating functions of a matrix applied to a vector, i.e., of the form $f(M)\bm{b}$, by repeated matrix-vector multiplications. In this paper, we derive error estimates for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 James H. Adler , Xiaozhe Hu , Wenxiao Pan , Zhongqin Xue

Solving the trust-region subproblem (TRS) plays a key role in numerical optimization and many other applications. The generalized Lanczos trust-region (GLTR) method is a well-known Lanczos type approach for solving a large-scale TRS. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Zhongxiao Jia , Fa Wang

We propose a two-sided Lanczos method for the nonlinear eigenvalue problem (NEP). This two-sided approach provides approximations to both the right and left eigenvectors of the eigenvalues of interest. The method implicitly works with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-13 Sarah W. Gaaf , Elias Jarlebring

This paper proposes a harmonic Lanczos bidiagonalization method for computing some interior singular triplets of large matrices. It is shown that the approximate singular triplets are convergent if a certain Rayleigh quotient matrix is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-20 Datian Niu , Xuegang Yuan

Compared to the classical Lanczos algorithm, the $s$-step Lanczos variant has the potential to improve performance by asymptotically decreasing the synchronization cost per iteration. However, this comes at a cost. Despite being…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-31 Erin Carson , Tomáš Gergelits

The Lanczos method is a fast and memory-efficient algorithm for solving large-scale symmetric eigenvalue problems. However, its rapid convergence can deteriorate significantly when computing clustered eigenvalues due to a lack of cluster…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Nian Shao

In this paper we compare two methods for finding extremal eigenvalues and eigenvectors: the restarted Lanczos method and momentum accelerated power iterations. The convergence of both methods is based on ratios of Chebyshev polynomials…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Alessandro Barletta , Nicholas Marshall , Sara Pollock

The $k$-step Lanczos bidiagonalization reduces a matrix $A\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ into a bidiagonal form $B_k\in\mathbb{R}^{(k+1)\times k}$ while generates two orthonormal matrices $U_{k+1}\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times (k+1)}$ and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-20 Haibo Li , Guangming Tan , Tong Zhao

We analyze randomized matrix-free quadrature algorithms for spectrum and spectral sum approximation. The algorithms studied include the kernel polynomial method and stochastic Lanczos quadrature, two widely used methods for these tasks. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-13 Tyler Chen , Thomas Trogdon , Shashanka Ubaru

We study the universal properties of the Lanczos algorithm applied to finite-size many-body quantum systems. Focusing on autocorrelation functions of local operators and on their infinite-time behaviour at finite size, we conjecture that in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Luca Capizzi , Leonardo Mazza , Sara Murciano

The Lanczos algorithm is evaluated for solving the time-independent as well as the time-dependent Dirac equation with arbitrary electromagnetic fields. We demonstrate that the Lanczos algorithm can yield very precise eigenenergies and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-01-05 Randolf Beerwerth , Heiko Bauke

Lanczos-type algorithms are efficient and easy to implement. Unfortunately they breakdown frequently and well before convergence has been achieved. These algorithms are typically based on recurrence relations which involve formal orthogonal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-28 Muhammad Farooq , Abdellah Salhi

In her seminal 1989 work, Greenbaum demonstrated that the results produced by the finite precision Lanczos algorithm after $k$ iterations can be interpreted as exact Lanczos results applied to a larger matrix, whose eigenvalues lie in small…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Dorota Šimonová , Petr Tichý

The Lanczos algorithm has proven itself to be a valuable matrix eigensolver for problems with large dimensions, up to hundreds of millions or even tens of billions. The computational cost of using any Lanczos algorithm is dominated by the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Ryan M. Zbikowski , Calvin W. Johnson

An outstanding problem when computing a function of a matrix, $f(A)$, by using a Krylov method is to accurately estimate errors when convergence is slow. Apart from the case of the exponential function which has been extensively studied in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-15 Jie Chen , Yousef Saad

Subspace methods are commonly used for finding approximate eigenvalues and singular values of large-scale matrices. Once a subspace is found, the Rayleigh-Ritz method (for symmetric eigenvalue problems) and Petrov-Galerkin projection (for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Irina-Beatrice Haas , Yuji Nakatsukasa

The Lanczos method with implicit restarting is one of the most popular methods for finding a few exterior eigenpairs of a large symmetric matrix $A$. Usually based on polynomial filtering, restarting is crucial to limit memory and the cost…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Angelo A. Casulli , Daniel Kressner , Nian Shao