Leapfrog Variants of Iterative Methods for Linear Algebraic Equations.

Abstract

Two iterative methods are considered, Richardson's method and a general second order method. For both methods, a variant of the method is derived for which only even numbered iterates are computed. The variant is called a leapfrog method. Comparisons between the conventional form of the methods and the leapfrog form are made under the assumption that the number of unknowns is large. In the case of Richardson's method, it is possible to express the final iterate in terms of only the initial approximation, a variant of the iteration called the grand-leap method. In the case of the grand-leap variant, a set of parameters is required. An algorithm is presented to compute these parameters that is related to algorithms to complete the weights and abscissas for Gaussian quadrature. General algorithms to implement the leapfrog and grand-leap methods are presented. Algorithms for the important special case of the Chebyshev method are also given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA192996

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  • Paul E. Saylor

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  • Algorithms
  • Arithmetic
  • Chebyshev Polynomials
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Differential Equations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Gaussian Quadrature
  • Iterations
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Mathematics

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  • Linear Algebra