Abstract
The performance of a multigrid solver for time-harmonic electromagnetic problems in geophysical settings was investigated. With the low frequencies used in geophysical surveys for deeper targets, the light-speed waves in the earth can be neglected. Diffusion of induced currents is the dominant physical effect. The governing equations were discretised by the Finite-Integration Technique. The resulting set of discrete equation was solved by a multigrid method. The multigrid method provided excellent convergence with constant grid spacings, but not on stretched grids. The slower convergence rate of the multigrid method could be compensated by using *bicgstab2*, in which case multigrid acted as a preconditioner. Still, the overall performance was less than satisfactory with substantial grid stretching.
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