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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

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

In many numerical schemes, the computational complexity scales non-linearly with the problem size. Solving a linear system of equations using direct methods or most iterative methods is a typical example. Algebraic multi-grid (AMG) methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-20 Reza Namazi , Arsham Zolanvari , Mahdi Sani , Seyed Amir Ali Ghafourian Ghahramani

Multigrid solvers face multiple challenges on parallel computers. Two fundamental ones read as follows: Multiplicative solvers issue coarse grid solves which exhibit low concurrency and many multigrid implementations suffer from an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-02 Charles D. Murray , Tobias Weinzierl

We develop multilevel methods for interface-driven multiphysics problems that can be coupled across dimensions and where complexity and strength of the interface coupling deteriorates the performance of standard methods. We focus on solvers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-11 Ana Budisa , Xiaozhe Hu , Miroslav Kuchta , Kent-Andre Mardal , Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov

The numerical simulation of structural mechanics applications via finite elements usually requires the solution of large-size and ill-conditioned linear systems, especially when accurate results are sought for derived variables interpolated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Andrea Franceschini , Victor A. Paludetto Magri , Gianluca Mazzucco , Nicolò Spiezia , Carlo Janna

We apply a recent proposal to speed up the Hybrid-Monte-Carlo simulation of systems with dynamical fermions to two flavour QCD with clover-improvement. The basic idea of our proposal is to split the fermion matrix into two factors with a…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Hasenbusch , K. Jansen

Over the past five years, graphics processing units (GPUs) have had a transformational effect on numerical lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) calculations in nuclear and particle physics. While GPUs have been applied with great success…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-11-15 R. Babich , M. A. Clark , B. Joó , G. Shi , R. C. Brower , S. Gottlieb

We present an adaptive multigrid Dirac solver developed for Wilson clover fermions which offers order-of-magnitude reductions in solution time compared to conventional Krylov solvers. The solver incorporates even-odd preconditioning and…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2011-05-25 J. C. Osborn , R. Babich , J. Brannick , R. C. Brower , M. A. Clark , S. D. Cohen , C. Rebbi

This paper introduces a novel approach to algebraic multigrid methods for large systems of linear equations coming from finite element discretizations of certain elliptic second order partial differential equations. Based on a discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-30 Lukas Kogler , Joachim Schöberl

Fully realizing the potential of multigrid solvers often requires custom algorithms for a given application model, discretizations and even regimes of interest, despite considerable effort from the applied math community to develop fully…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-22 Mark F. Adams , Matthew K. Knepley

We present an adaptive multigrid solver for application to the non-Hermitian Wilson-Dirac system of QCD. The key components leading to the success of our proposed algorithm are the use of an adaptive projection onto coarse grids that…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-12-02 R. Babich , J. Brannick , R. C. Brower , M. A. Clark , T. A. Manteuffel , S. F. McCormick , J. C. Osborn , C. Rebbi

I present a brief summary of the status and prospects of improved Wilson-type quark actions for coarse lattice simulations. My conclusions are optimistic.

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2007-05-23 T. R. Klassen

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods derive their optimal efficiency from the interplay between a relaxation process and a corresponding coarse grid correction. In many standard formulations, relaxation and coarse-graining are analyzed and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Rayan Moussa , Karsten Kahl

In this review we discuss the general features of maximally twisted lattice QCD. In particular, we illustrate how automatic O(a) improvement can be achieved and how it is possible to set up a lattice regularization scheme where the problem…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Frezzotti , G. C. Rossi

Reducing memory traffic is critical to accelerate Lattice QCD computations on modern processors, given that such computations are memory-bandwidth bound. A commonly used strategy is mixed-precision solvers, however, these require careful…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2023-02-21 M. A. Clark , Dean Howarth , Jiqun Tu , Mathias Wagner , Evan Weinberg

We present a new multigrid solver that is suitable for the Dirac operator in the presence of disordered gauge fields. The key behind the success of the algorithm is an adaptive projection onto the coarse grids that preserves the near null…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Brannick , R. C. Brower , M. A. Clark , J. C. Osborn , C. Rebbi

Adaptive multi-grid methods have proven very successful in dealing with critical slow down for the Wilson-Dirac solver in lattice gauge theory. Multi-grid algorithms developed for Staggered fermions using the K\"ahler-Dirac…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2023-04-28 Venkitesh Ayyar , Richard Brower , M. A. Clark , Mathias Wagner , Evan Weinberg

Simulations at physical quark masses are affected by the critical slowing down of the solvers. Multigrid preconditioning has proved to deal effectively with this problem. Multigrid accelerated simulations at the physical value of the pion…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-04-18 Simone Bacchio , Constantia Alexandrou , Jacob Finkerath

Eigenvalues of the Hermitian Wilson-Dirac operator are of special interest in several lattice QCD simulations, e.g., for noise reduction when evaluating all-to-all propagators. In this paper we present a Davidson-type eigensolver that…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-10-28 Andreas Frommer , Karsten Kahl , Francesco Knechtli , Matthias Rottmann , Artur Strebel , Ian Zwaan