Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Nomenclature
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Direct methods
- 3 Iterative methods
- 4 Matrix splitting preconditioners [T1]: direct approximation of An×n
- 5 Approximate inverse preconditioners [T2]: direct approximation of An×n−1
- 6 Multilevel methods and preconditioners [T3]: coarse grid approximation
- 7 Multilevel recursive Schur complements preconditioners [T4]
- 8 Sparse wavelet preconditioners [T5]: approximation of Ãn×n and Ãn×n−1
- 9 Wavelet Schur preconditioners [T6]
- 10 Implicit wavelet preconditioners [T7]
- 11 Application I: acoustic scattering modelling
- 12 Application II: coupled matrix problems
- 13 Application III: image restoration and inverse problems
- 14 Application IV: voltage stability in electrical power systems
- 15 Parallel computing by examples
- Appendix A a brief guide to linear algebra
- Appendix B the Harwell–Boeing (HB) data format
- Appendix C a brief guide to MATLAB®
- Appendix D list of supplied M-files and programs
- Appendix E list of selected scientific resources on Internet
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Plate section
Appendix A - a brief guide to linear algebra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Nomenclature
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Direct methods
- 3 Iterative methods
- 4 Matrix splitting preconditioners [T1]: direct approximation of An×n
- 5 Approximate inverse preconditioners [T2]: direct approximation of An×n−1
- 6 Multilevel methods and preconditioners [T3]: coarse grid approximation
- 7 Multilevel recursive Schur complements preconditioners [T4]
- 8 Sparse wavelet preconditioners [T5]: approximation of Ãn×n and Ãn×n−1
- 9 Wavelet Schur preconditioners [T6]
- 10 Implicit wavelet preconditioners [T7]
- 11 Application I: acoustic scattering modelling
- 12 Application II: coupled matrix problems
- 13 Application III: image restoration and inverse problems
- 14 Application IV: voltage stability in electrical power systems
- 15 Parallel computing by examples
- Appendix A a brief guide to linear algebra
- Appendix B the Harwell–Boeing (HB) data format
- Appendix C a brief guide to MATLAB®
- Appendix D list of supplied M-files and programs
- Appendix E list of selected scientific resources on Internet
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Plate section
Summary
Information in science and mathematics is often organized into rows and columns to form rectangular arrays, called “matrices” (plural of “matrix“). Matrices are often tables of numerical data that arise from physical observations, but they also occur in various mathematical contexts.
Howard Anton. Elementary Linear Algebra. Wiley (1973 1st edn, 2000 8th edn).To be able to read or work on matrix computing, a reader must have completed a course on linear algebra. The inclusion of this Appendix A is to review some selected topics from basic linear algebra for reference purposes.
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- Matrix Preconditioning Techniques and Applications , pp. 504 - 510Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005