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In this work, we benchmark and discuss the performance of the scalable methods for the Poisson problem which are used widely in practice: the fast Fourier transform (FFT), the fast multipole method (FMM), the geometric multigrid (GMG), and…

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Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is one of the most efficient iterative methods for solving large sparse system of equations. However, how to build/check restriction and prolongation operators in practical of AMG methods for nonsymmetric {\em…

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The Shifted Boundary Method (SBM) trades some part of the burden of body-fitted meshing for increased algebraic complexity. While the resulting linear systems retain the standard $\mathcal{O}(h^{-2})$ conditioning of second-order operators,…

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We propose a sparse interpolation construction and a practical coarsening algorithm for the algebraic multigrid (AMG) method, tailored towards H(curl). Building on the generalized AMG framework, we introduce an interior/exterior splitting…

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We discuss the ill conditioning of the matrix for the discretised Poisson equation in the small aspect ratio limit, and motivate this problem in the context of nonhydrostatic ocean modelling. Efficient iterative solvers for the Poisson…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-14 S. C. Kramer , C. J. Cotter , C. C. Pain

The geometric multigrid method (GMG) is one of the most efficient solving techniques for discrete algebraic systems arising from elliptic partial differential equations. GMG utilizes a hierarchy of grids or discretizations and reduces the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-01-14 Chunsheng Feng , Shi Shu , Jinchao Xu , Chen-Song Zhang

We present a matrix-free GPU multigrid preconditioner with algebraically consistent coarsening for solving Poisson equations on adaptive octree grids with irregular domains. Within uniform-resolution regions, the coarsening satisfies the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Mengdi Wang , Yuchen Sun , Bo Zhu

Isogeometric analysis (IgA) offers enhanced approximation capabilities for the discretization of elliptic boundary-value problems, yet it results in large, sparse, and increasingly ill-conditioned linear systems due to higher…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Pasqua D'Ambra , Fabio Durastante , Salvatore Filippone

This paper introduces a geometric multigrid preconditioner for the Shifted Boundary Method (SBM) designed to solve PDEs on complex geometries. While SBM simplifies mesh generation by using a non-conforming background grid, it often results…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Michal Wichrowski

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

This paper explores the application of kernel learning methods for parameter prediction and evaluation in the Algebraic Multigrid Method (AMG), focusing on several Partial Differential Equation (PDE) problems. AMG is an efficient iterative…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Junyue Luo , Xiaoqiang Yue , Fangfang Zhang , Juan Zhang

Problems arising in Earth's mantle convection involve finding the solution to Stokes systems with large viscosity contrasts. These systems contain localized features which, even with adaptive mesh refinement, result in linear systems that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-20 Thomas C. Clevenger , Timo Heister

The standard goal for an effective algebraic multigrid (AMG) algorithm is to develop relaxation and coarse-grid correction schemes that attenuate complementary error modes. In the nonsymmetric setting, coarse-grid correction $\Pi$ will…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Ben S. Southworth , Thomas A. Manteuffel

Multigrid methods despite being known to be asymptotically optimal algorithms, depend on the careful selection of their individual components for efficiency. Also, they are mostly restricted to standard cycle types like V-, F-, and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Dinesh Parthasarathy , Wayne Bradford Mitchell , Harald Köstler

Multigrid solvers are among the most efficient methods for solving the Poisson equation, which is ubiquitous in computational physics. For example, in the context of incompressible flows, it is typically the costliest operation. The present…

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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

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is often viewed as a scalable $\mathcal{O}(n)$ solver for sparse linear systems. Yet, parallel AMG lacks scalability due to increasingly large costs associated with communication, both in the initial construction…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Amanda Bienz , Luke Olson , William Gropp

I present a motivation of several areas where the Multigrid techniques can be employed. I present typical areas where the multigrid solver might be employed. I give an introduction to smoothers and how one might choose a preconditionor as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-05-21 John T. Wallis

The scalable solution of large sparse linear systems is a bottleneck in scientific computing and graph analysis. While algebraic multigrid (AMG) offers optimal linear scaling, its performance is severely constrained by the trade-off between…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Yali Fink , Ido Ben-Yair , Lars Ruthotto , Eran Treister

We describe the implementation of multigrid solvers in the Athena++ adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) framework and their application to the solution of the Poisson equation for self-gravity. The new solvers are built on top of the AMR…

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