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We propose an iterative algorithm for low-rank matrix completion that can be interpreted as both an iteratively reweighted least squares (IRLS) algorithm and a saddle-escaping smoothing Newton method applied to a non-convex rank surrogate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-08 Christian Kümmerle , Claudio M. Verdun

In this study, a novel preconditioner based on the absolute-value block $\alpha$-circulant matrix approximation is developed, specifically designed for nonsymmetric dense block lower triangular Toeplitz (BLTT) systems that emerge from the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-22 Congcong Li , Xuelei Lin , Sean Hon , Shu-Lin Wu

The paper introduces the sweeping preconditioner, which is highly efficient for iterative solutions of the variable coefficient Helmholtz equation including very high frequency problems. The first central idea of this novel approach is to…

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An inherent regularization strategy and block Schur complement preconditioning are studied for linear poroelasticity problems discretized using the lowest-order weak Galerkin FEM in space and the implicit Euler scheme in time. At each time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Weizhang Huang , Zhuoran Wang

The discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping method has many advantageous properties for solving parabolic equations. However, it requires the solution of a large nonsymmetric system at each time-step. This work develops a fully robust and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Iain Smears

A central challenge to using first-order methods for optimizing nonconvex problems is the presence of saddle points. First-order methods often get stuck at saddle points, greatly deteriorating their performance. Typically, to escape from…

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We consider a new splitting based on the Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury formula, which is particularly effective with iterative methods for the numerical solution of large linear systems. These systems involve matrices that are perturbations of…

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Steepest descent preconditioning is considered for the recently proposed nonlinear generalized minimal residual (N-GMRES) optimization algorithm for unconstrained nonlinear optimization. Two steepest descent preconditioning variants are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-07-26 Hans De Sterck

We present preconditioning techniques to solve linear systems of equations with a block two-by-two and three-by-three structure arising from finite element discretizations of the fictitious domain method with Lagrange multipliers. In…

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Poroelasticity problems play an important role in various engineering, geophysical, and biological applications. Their full discretization results in a large-scale saddle-point system at each time step that is becoming singular for locking…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Weizhang Huang , Zhuoran Wang

The importance of Schur complement based preconditioners are well-established for classical saddle point problems in $\mathbb{R}^N \times \mathbb{R}^M$. In this paper we extend these results to multiple saddle point problems in Hilbert…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-25 Jarle Sogn , Walter Zulehner

In this paper we introduce an algebraic recursive multilevel incomplete factorization preconditioner, based on a distributed Schur complement formulation, for solving general linear systems. The novelty of the proposed method is to combine…

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This work considers the iterative solution of large-scale problems subject to non-symmetric matrices or operators arising in discretizations of (port-)Hamiltonian partial differential equations. We consider problems governed by an operator…

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We consider a generic convex-concave saddle point problem with separable structure, a form that covers a wide-ranged machine learning applications. Under this problem structure, we follow the framework of primal-dual updates for saddle…

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We propose an iterative solution method for the 3D high-frequency Helmholtz equation that exploits a contour integral formulation of spectral projectors. In this framework, the solution in certain invariant subspaces is approximated by…

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In this paper we study the impact of two types of preconditioning on the numerical solution of large sparse augmented linear systems. The first preconditioning matrix is the lower triangular part whereas the second is the product of the…

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As the need for computational power and efficiency rises, parallel systems become increasingly popular among various scientific fields. While multiple core-based architectures have been the center of attention for many years, the rapid…

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We present families of space-time finite element methods (STFEMs) for a coupled hyperbolic-parabolic system of poro- or thermoelasticity. Well-posedness of the discrete problems is proved. Higher order approximations inheriting most of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-14 Mathias Anselmann , Markus Bause , Nils Margenberg , Pavel Shamko

This work describes the development of matrix-free GPU-accelerated solvers for high-order finite element problems in $H(\mathrm{div})$. The solvers are applicable to grad-div and Darcy problems in saddle-point formulation, and have…

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