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This paper is to give an overview of AMG methods for solving large scale systems of equations such as those from the discretization of partial differential equations. AMG is often understood as the acronym of "Algebraic Multi-Grid", but it…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-11 Jinchao Xu , Ludmil T Zikatanov

Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) methods are often robust and effective solvers for solving the large and sparse linear systems that arise from discretized PDEs and other problems, relying on heuristic graph algorithms to achieve their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-23 Tareq Zaman , Nicolas Nytko , Ali Taghibakhshi , Scott MacLachlan , Luke Olson , Matthew West

This paper provides a unified and detailed presentation of root-node style algebraic multigrid (AMG). Algebraic multigrid is a popular and effective iterative method for solving large, sparse linear systems that arise from discretizing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Thomas A. Manteuffel , Luke N. Olson , Jacob B. Schroder , Ben S. Southworth

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Taoli Shen , James Brannick , Robert Falgout , Karsten Kahl , Jacob Schroder

Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) methods are state-of-the-art algebraic solvers for partial differential equations. Still, their efficiency depends heavily on the choice of suitable parameters and/or ingredients. Paradigmatic examples include the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Paola F. Antonietti , Matteo Caldana , Lorenzo Gentile , Marco Verani

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is one of the fastest numerical methods for solving large sparse linear systems. For SPD matrices, convergence of AMG is well motivated in the $A$-norm, and AMG has proven to be an effective solver for many…

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

In this paper, we consider a classical form of optimal algebraic multigrid (AMG) interpolation that directly minimizes the two-grid convergence rate and compare it with the so-called ideal form that minimizes a certain weak approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-31 James Brannick , Fei Cao , Karsten Kahl , Rob Falgout , Xiaozhe Hu

In this paper, we develop a new parallel auxiliary grid algebraic multigrid (AMG) method to leverage the power of graphic processing units (GPUs). In the construction of the hierarchical coarse grid, we use a simple and fixed coarsening…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-12-07 Lu Wang , Xiaozhe Hu , Jonathan Cohen , Jinchao Xu

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

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-11 Massimo Bernaschi , Pasqua D'Ambra , Dario Pasquini

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

Divergence constraints are present in the governing equations of numerous physical phenomena, and they usually lead to a Poisson equation whose solution represents a bottleneck in many simulation codes. Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) is arguably…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Àdel Alsalti-Baldellou , Carlo Janna , Xavier Álvarez-Farré , F. Xavier Trias

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

In this paper, we discuss the convergence of an Algebraic MultiGrid (AMG) method for general symmetric positive-definite matrices. The method relies on an aggregation algorithm, named \emph{coarsening based on compatible weighted matching},…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Pasqua D'Ambra , Fabio Durastante , Salvatore Filippone , Ludmil Zikatanov

We consider the solution of elliptic problems on the tensor product of two physical domains as e.g. present in the approximation of the solution covariance of elliptic partial differential equations with random input. Previous sparse…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-01 Helmut Harbrecht , Peter Zaspel

We design and implement a parallel algebraic multigrid method for isotropic graph Laplacian problems on multicore Graphical Processing Units (GPUs). The proposed AMG method is based on the aggregation framework. The setup phase of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-12 James Brannick , Yao Chen , Xiaozhe Hu , Ludmil Zikatanov

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods are among the most efficient solvers for linear systems of equations and they are widely used for the solution of problems stemming from the discretization of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). The most…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Matteo Caldana , Paola F. Antonietti , Luca Dede'

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

Large linear systems with sparse, non-symmetric matrices arise in the modeling of Markov chains or in the discretization of convection-diffusion problems. Due to their potential to solve sparse linear systems with an effort that is linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-17 Benjamin Seibold

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is a widely used scalable solver and preconditioner for large-scale linear systems resulting from the discretization of a wide class of elliptic PDEs. While AMG has optimal computational complexity, the cost of…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Wayne B. Mitchell , Robert Strzodka , Robert D. Falgout
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