Spectral Computations for Bounded Operators: 18 (Applied Mathematics) - Hardcover

Ahues, Mario; Largillier, Alain; Limaye, Balmohan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584881968 ISBN 13: 9781584881964

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2001

Synopsis

Exact eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and principal vectors of operators with infinite dimensional ranges can rarely be found. Therefore, one must approximate such operators by finite rank operators, then solve the original eigenvalue problem approximately. Serving as both an outstanding text for graduate students and as a source of current results for research scientists, Spectral Computations for Bounded Operators addresses the issue of solving eigenvalue problems for operators on infinite dimensional spaces.

From a review of classical spectral theory through concrete approximation techniques to finite dimensional situations that can be implemented on a computer, this volume illustrates the marriage of pure and applied mathematics. It contains a variety of recent developments, including a new type of approximation that encompasses a variety of approximation methods but is simple to verify in practice. It also suggests a new stopping criterion for the QR Method and outlines advances in both the iterative refinement and acceleration techniques for improving the accuracy of approximations. The authors illustrate all definitions and results with elementary examples and include numerous exercises.

Spectral Computations for Bounded Operators thus serves as both an outstanding text for second-year graduate students and as a source of current results for research scientists.

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Review:

"This book gives a careful account of the theory underlying methods for numerical computation of approximations of eigenvalues, eigenvectors and generalized eigenvectors of bounded linear operators in infinite-dimensional space. The authors have been substantial contributors to the field, and the book gives some emphasis to topics on which they have worked. . . As well as being a valuable reference for mathematicians working on the development of analysis of numerical methods, the book is also suitable as a graduate text for students who have done a first course on functional analysis." -Alan L. Andrews

About this edition

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1584881968
• ISBN 13: 9781584881964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400