Mathematics – Numerical Analysis
Scientific paper
2010-07-25
Mathematics
Numerical Analysis
34 pages
Scientific paper
The paper introduces the sweeping preconditioner, which is highly efficient for iterative solutions of the variable coefficient Helmholtz equation including very high frequency problems. The first central idea of this novel approach is to construct an approximate factorization of the discretized Helmholtz equation by sweeping the domain layer by layer, starting from an absorbing layer or boundary condition. Given this specific order of factorization, the second central idea of this approach is to represent the intermediate matrices in the hierarchical matrix framework. In two dimensions, both the construction and the application of the preconditioners are of linear complexity. The GMRES solver with the resulting preconditioner converges in an amazingly small number of iterations, which is essentially independent of the number of unknowns. This approach is also extended to the three dimensional case with some success. Numerical results are provided in both two and three dimensions to demonstrate the efficiency of this new approach.
Engquist Bjorn
Ying Lexing
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