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We describe main issues and design principles of an efficient implementation, tailored to recent generations of Nvidia Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), of an Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) preconditioner previously proposed by one of the…

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We introduce a novel Unsmoothed Aggregation (UA) Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) method combined with Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient (PCG) to overcome the limitations of Extended Position-Based Dynamics (XPBD) in high-resolution and…

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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 use of multigrid and related preconditioners with the finite element method is often limited by the difficulty of applying the algorithm effectively to a problem, especially when the domain has a complex shape or adaptive refinement. We…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Peter R. Brune , Matthew G. Knepley , L. Ridgway Scott

Many subsurface engineering applications involve tight-coupling between fluid flow, solid deformation, fracturing, and similar processes. To better understand the complex interplay of different governing equations, and therefore design…

We present an efficient, robust and fully GPU-accelerated aggregation-based algebraic multigrid preconditioning technique for the solution of large sparse linear systems. These linear systems arise from the discretization of elliptic PDEs.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-10 Rajesh Gandham , Ken Esler , Yongpeng Zhang

We consider an algebraic multigrid (AMG) scheme for the direct solution of complex- valued square linear systems based on a recursive 2 x 2 block partitioning of the coefficient matrix and study the optimal choices of its components. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Jose Pablo Lucero Lorca , Conor McCoid , Michal Outrata

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is often an effective solver for symmetric positive definite (SPD) linear systems resulting from the discretization of general elliptic PDEs, or the spatial discretization of parabolic PDEs. However, convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-10 Thomas A. Manteuffel , Steffen Munzenmaier , John Ruge , Ben S. Southworth

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) solvers and preconditioners are some of the fastest numerical methods to solve linear systems, particularly in a parallel environment, scaling to hundreds of thousands of cores. Most AMG methods and theory assume a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-04 Ben S. Southworth , Thomas A. Manteuffel , John Ruge

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is one of the most widely used solution techniques for linear systems of equations arising from discretized partial differential equations. The popularity of AMG stems from its potential to solve linear systems in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Carlo Janna , Andrea Franceschini , Jacob B. Schroder , Luke Olson

Due to the wide separation of time scales in geophysical fluid dynamics, semi-implicit time integrators are commonly used in operational atmospheric forecast models. They guarantee the stable treatment of fast (acoustic and gravity) waves,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Christopher Maynard , Thomas Melvin , Eike Hermann Müller

Functions of chemical composition are complex and discrete in nature making it impossible to optimize them with gradient methods. Genetic algorithms, which do not use derivative information, are used to maximize the thermal conductivity of…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-01-30 Alexander Kerr , Kieran Mullen

Recent advances in the field of machine learning open a new era in high performance computing. Applications of machine learning algorithms for the development of accurate and cost-efficient surrogates of complex problems have already…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Stefanos Nikolopoulos , Ioannis Kalogeris , Vissarion Papadopoulos , George Stavroulakis

We propose an adaptive multigrid preconditioning technology for solving linear systems arising from Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) discretizations. Unlike standard multigrid techniques, this preconditioner involves only trace spaces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-15 Socratis Petrides , Leszek Demkowicz

Laplacian matrices of graphs arise in large-scale computational applications such as machine learning; spectral clustering of images, genetic data and web pages; transportation network flows; electrical resistor circuits; and elliptic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-08-02 Oren E. Livne , Achi Brandt

We present a novel deep learning-based algorithm to accelerate - through the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) - the convergence of Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) methods for the iterative solution of the linear systems of equations…

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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

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods are powerful solvers with linear or near-linear computational complexity for certain classes of linear systems, Ax=b. Broadening the scope of problems that AMG can effectively solve requires the development…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-15 James Brannick , Scott P. MacLachlan , Jacob B. Schroder , Ben S. Southworth

The computation of stationary distributions of Markov chains is an important task in the simulation of stochastic models. The linear systems arising in such applications involve non-symmetric M-matrices, making algebraic multigrid methods a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-18 James Brannick , Karsten Kahl , Sonja Sokolovic

In recent years, the use of machine learning-based surrogate models for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations has emerged as a promising technique for reducing the computational cost associated with engine design optimization.…