Iterative Solution Methods

TLDR: This paper presents a meta-analyses of matrix eigenvalues and condition numbers for preconditional matrices using the framework of the Perron-Frobenius theory for nonnegative matrices and some simple iterative methods.

Abstract: Preface Acknowledgements 1. Direct solution methods 2. Theory of matrix eigenvalues 3. Positive definite matrices, Schur complements, and generalized eigenvalue problems 4. Reducible and irreducible matrices and the Perron-Frobenius theory for nonnegative matrices 5. Basic iterative methods and their rates of convergence 6. M-matrices, convergent splittings, and the SOR method 7. Incomplete factorization preconditioning methods 8. Approximate matrix inverses and corresponding preconditioning methods 9. Block diagonal and Schur complement preconditionings 10. Estimates of eigenvalues and condition numbers for preconditional matrices 11. Conjugate gradient and Lanczos-type methods 12. Generalized conjugate gradient methods 13. The rate of convergence of the conjugate gradient method Appendices.