Report Number: CS-TR-66-44
Institution: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
Title: Relaxation methods for an eigenproblem
Author: Kahan, William
Date: August 1966
Abstract: A theory is developed to account for the convergence properties of certain relaxation iterations which have been widely used to solve the eigenproblem $(A - \lambda B) \underline{x} = 0, \underline{x} \neq 0, with large symmetric matrices A and B and positive definite B. These iterations always converge, and almost always converge to the right answer. Asymptotically, the theory is essentially that of the relaxation iteration applied to a semi-definite linear system discussed in the author's previous report [Stanford University Computer Science Department report CS45, 1966].
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