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Solution of the partial eigenproblem by iterative methods

AbstractA combined iterative method is formulated for the partial solution of the eigenproblem Ax = λBx that arises from the application of the finite element method. The method is a combination of the conjugate gradient (CG) method and the symmetric successive co‐ordinate overrelaxation (SSCOR) method. Both of these methods belong to the same family of iterative methods which retain their vectorial form and approach the solution by seeking stationary points of the Rayleigh quotient. The formulation consists in splitting a characteristic matrix into the sum of two matrices, one of which corresponds to the SSCOR matrix, and then accelerating the associated iteration using the CG. The behaviour of the method is illustrated for five test cases and comparisons are made with other iterative methods. The influence of the relaxation parameter ω on the computational efficiency of the methods is also studied.