Parallel finite element density functional computations exploiting grid refinement and subspace recycling

In this communication computational methods that facilitate finite element analysis of density functional computations are developed. They are: (i) h¿adaptive grid refinement techniques that reduce the total number of degrees of freedom in the real space grid while improving on the approximate resol...

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Autores: Young, T. D., Romero Alcalde, Eloy, Jose E. Roman|||0000-0003-1144-6772
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
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:10251/35132
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/35132
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Density functional theory
Finite element discretization
Grid refinement
Large-scale eigenvalue problem
Message-passing parallelization
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Sumario:In this communication computational methods that facilitate finite element analysis of density functional computations are developed. They are: (i) h¿adaptive grid refinement techniques that reduce the total number of degrees of freedom in the real space grid while improving on the approximate resolution of the wanted solution; and (ii) subspace recycling of the approximate solution in self-consistent cycles with the aim of improving the performance of the generalized eigenproblem solver. These techniques are shown to give a convincing speed-up in the computation process by alleviating the overhead normally associated with computing systems with many degrees-of-freedom.