Multilevel Block Factorization Preconditioners: Matrix-based Analysis and Algorithms for Solving Finite Element Equations

Vassilevski, Panayot S.

ISBN 10: 0387715630 / ISBN 13: 9780387715636

Published by Springer Verlag, 2008

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1st edition. 530 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-0387715630

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Title: Multilevel Block Factorization ...

Publisher: Springer Verlag

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis:

This monograph is the first to provide a comprehensive, self-contained and rigorous presentation of some of the most powerful preconditioning methods for solving finite element equations in a common block-matrix factorization framework.

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This monograph is the first to provide a comprehensive, self-contained and rigorous presentation of some of the most powerful preconditioning methods for solving finite element equations in a common block-matrix factorization framework.

Topics covered include the classical incomplete block-factorization preconditioners and the most efficient methods such as the multigrid, algebraic multigrid, and domain decomposition. Additionally, the author discusses preconditioning of saddle-point, nonsymmetric and indefinite problems, as well as preconditioning of certain nonlinear and quadratic constrained minimization problems that typically arise in contact mechanics. The book presents analytical as well as algorithmic aspects.

This text can serve as an indispensable reference for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners. It can also be used as a supplementary text for a topics course in preconditioning and/or multigrid methods at the graduate level.