How Far Should You Go With the Lanczos Process.

Abstract

The Lanczos algorithm can be used to approximate both the largest and smallest eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix whose order is so large that similarity transformations are not feasible. The algorithm builds up a tridiagonal matrix row by row and the key question is when to stop. An analysis leads to a stopping criterion which is inspired by a useful error bound on the computed eigenvalues. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 18, 1978
Accession Number
ADA059145

Entities

People

  • Beresford N. Parlett
  • W. Kahan

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Differential Equations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Equations
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Linear Algebra