Parallel Krylov Solvers for the Polynomial Eigenvalue Problem in SLEPc

Polynomial eigenvalue problems are often found in scientific computing applications. When the coefficient matrices of the polynomial are large and sparse, usually only a few eigenpairs are required and projection methods are the best choice. We focus on Krylov methods that operate on the companion l...

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Autores: Campos, Carmen, Jose E. Roman|||0000-0003-1144-6772
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/80768
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/80768
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Matrix polynomial
Eigenvalues
Companion linearization
Krylov subspace
Nonmonomial bases
Spectral transformation
Parallel computing
SLEPc
CIENCIAS DE LA COMPUTACION E INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL
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Sumario:Polynomial eigenvalue problems are often found in scientific computing applications. When the coefficient matrices of the polynomial are large and sparse, usually only a few eigenpairs are required and projection methods are the best choice. We focus on Krylov methods that operate on the companion linearization of the polynomial but exploit the block structure with the aim of being memory-efficient in the representation of the Krylov subspace basis. The problem may appear in the form of a low-degree polynomial (quartic or quintic, say) expressed in the monomial basis, or a high-degree polynomial (coming from interpolation of a nonlinear eigenproblem) expressed in a nonmonomial basis. We have implemented a parallel solver in SLEPc covering both cases that is able to compute exterior as well as interior eigenvalues via spectral transformation. We discuss important issues such as scaling and restart and illustrate the robustness and performance of the solver with some numerical experiments.