Special Issue on Accurate Solution of Eigenvalue Problems

Abstract

The occasion for this special issue is the Sixth International Workshop on Accurate Solution of Eigenvalue Problems, which took place at The Pennsylvania State University from May 22–25, 2006. This special issue provides an outlet for papers from the workshop and recognizes advances in the numerical solution of eigenvalue and related problems. This is the second such special issue published in the SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications; the first was published in number 4 of volume 28 in connection with the Fifth International Workshop on Accurate Solution of Eigenvalue Problems, which took place in Hagen, Germany, from June 29 to July 1, 2004. The twelve papers in the current issue are concerned with a variety of aspects that arise in the computation of eigenvalues and invariant subspaces: perturbation bounds and sensitivity, accuracy and convergence behavior of algorithms, exploitation of structure in matrices, and particular engineering applications. Thanks go to SIMAX Editor-in-Chief, Henk van der Vorst; guest editors Jesse Barlow, Froilán Dopico, and Zlatko Drmač, who put great effort into the careful and timely review of papers; and Mitch Chernoff, Cherie Trebisky, and other members of the SIAM staff who worked hard to publish this special issue.