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Polynomial Krylov subspace methods are among the most widely used methods for approximating $f(A)b$, the action of a matrix function on a vector, in particular when $A$ is large and sparse. When $A$ is Hermitian positive definite, the…
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…
Approximating the action of a matrix function $f(\mathbf{A})$ on a vector $\mathbf{b}$ is an increasingly important primitive in machine learning, data science, and statistics, with applications such as sampling high dimensional Gaussians,…
We analyze the Lanczos method for matrix function approximation (Lanczos-FA), an iterative algorithm for computing $f(\mathbf{A}) \mathbf{b}$ when $\mathbf{A}$ is a Hermitian matrix and $\mathbf{b}$ is a given vector. Assuming that $f :…
This paper investigates explicit expressions for the error associated with the block rational Krylov approximation of matrix functions. Two formulas are proposed, both derived from characterizations of the block FOM residual. The first…
The Lanczos process constructs a sequence of orthonormal vectors v_m spanning a nested sequence of Krylov subspaces generated by a hermitian matrix A and some starting vector b. In this paper we show how to cheaply recover a secondary…
The computation of approximating e^tA B, where A is a large sparse matrix and B is a rectangular matrix, serves as a crucial element in numerous scientific and engineering calculations. A powerful way to consider this problem is to use…
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…
Prior recent work, devoted to the study of polynomial Krylov techniques for the approximation of the action of the matrix exponential ${\rm e}^{tA}v$, is extended to the case of associated $\varphi$-functions (which occur within the class…
We describe a Lanczos-based algorithm for approximating the product of a rational matrix function with a vector. This algorithm, which we call the Lanczos method for optimal rational matrix function approximation (Lanczos-OR), returns the…
In this paper, we present new a posteriori and a priori error bounds for the Krylov subspace methods for computing $e^{-\tau A}v$ for a given $\tau>0$ and $v \in C^n$, where $A$ is a large sparse non-Hermitian matrix. The {\em a priori}…
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…
We present a class of algorithms based on rational Krylov methods to compute the action of a generalized matrix function on a vector. These algorithms incorporate existing methods based on the Golub-Kahan bidiagonalization as a special…
We extend the error bounds from [SIMAX, Vol. 43, Iss. 2, pp. 787-811 (2022)] for the Lanczos method for matrix function approximation to the block algorithm. Numerical experiments suggest that our bounds are fairly robust to changing block…
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…
Among randomized numerical linear algebra strategies, so-called sketching procedures are emerging as effective reduction means to accelerate the computation of Krylov subspace methods for, e.g., the solution of linear systems, eigenvalue…
Evaluating the action of a matrix function on a vector, that is $x=f(\mathcal M)v$, is an ubiquitous task in applications. When $\mathcal M$ is large, one usually relies on Krylov projection methods. In this paper, we provide effective…
The computation of f(A)b, the action of a matrix function on a vector, is a task arising in many areas of scientific computing. In many applications, the matrix A is sparse but so large that only a rather small number of Krylov basis…
Given a limited amount of memory and a target accuracy, we propose and compare several polynomial Krylov methods for the approximation of f(A)b, the action of a Stieltjes matrix function of a large Hermitian matrix on a vector. Using new…
The Lanczos method is one of the most powerful and fundamental techniques for solving an extremal symmetric eigenvalue problem. Convergence-based error estimates depend heavily on the eigenvalue gap. In practice, this gap is often…