Towards Adaptive Smoothed Aggregation (SA) for Nonsymmetric Problems

M Brezina, T Manteuffel, S McCormick, J Ruge… - SIAM Journal on …, 2010 - SIAM
Applying smoothed aggregation (SA) multigrid to solve a nonsymmetric linear system, Ax=b,
is often impeded by the lack of a minimization principle that can be used as a basis for the …

Algebraic multigrid solvers for complex-valued matrices

SP MacLachlan, CW Oosterlee - SIAM Journal on scientific computing, 2008 - SIAM
In the mathematical modeling of real-life applications, systems of equations with complex
coefficients often arise. While many techniques of numerical linear algebra, eg, Krylov …

Relaxation‐corrected bootstrap algebraic multigrid (rBAMG)

M Brezina, C Ketelsen, T Manteuffel… - … Linear Algebra with …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Bootstrap algebraic multigrid (BAMG) is a multigrid‐based solver for matrix equations of the
form Ax= b. Its aim is to automatically determine the interpolation weights used in algebraic …

Robust and adaptive multigrid methods: comparing structured and algebraic approaches

SP MacLachlan, JD Moulton… - … Linear Algebra with …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although there have been significant advances in robust algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods
in recent years, numerical studies and emerging hardware architectures continue to favor …

[PDF][PDF] Adaptive reduction-based multigrid for nearly singular and highly disordered physical systems

J Brannick, A Frommer, K Kahl, S MacLachlan… - … on numerical analysis, 2010 - emis.de
Classical multigrid solution of linear systems with matrices that have highly variable entries
and are nearly singular is made difficult by the compounding difficulties introduced by these …

Extending the applicability of multigrid methods

J Brannick, M Brezina, R Falgout… - Journal of Physics …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Multigrid methods are ideal for solving the increasingly large-scale problems that arise in
numerical simulations of physical phenomena because of their potential for computational …

Least-squares finite element methods for quantum electrodynamics

J Brannick, C Ketelsen, T Manteuffel… - SIAM Journal on Scientific …, 2010 - SIAM
A significant amount of the computational time in large Monte Carlo simulations of lattice
field theory is spent inverting the discrete Dirac operator. Unfortunately, traditional covariant …

New multigrid solver advances in TOPS

RD Falgout, J Brannick, M Brezina… - Journal of Physics …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we highlight new multigrid solver advances in the Terascale Optimal PDE
Simulations (TOPS) project in the Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing …

[PDF][PDF] A MULTIGRID PRIMER

SF MCCORMICK, R TAMSTORF - grandmaster.colorado.edu
While several tutorials and texts exists that introduce basic and advanced aspects of
multigrid methodology, the aim here is a relatively short exposition that is simplified by …

Finite element methods for quantum electrodynamics using a Helmholtz decomposition of the gauge field

C Ketelsen, T Manteuffel… - … Linear Algebra with …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Dirac equation of quantum electrodynamics describes the interaction between electrons
and photons. Large‐scale numerical simulations of the theory require repeated solution of …