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Neumann–Neumann Methods
In mathematics, Neumann–Neumann methods are domain decomposition preconditioners named so because they solve a Neumann problem on each subdomain on both sides of the interface between the subdomains.A. Klawonn and O. B. Widlund, ''FETI and Neumann–Neumann iterative substructuring methods: connections and new results'', Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 54 (2001), pp. 57–90. Just like all domain decomposition methods, so that the number of iterations does not grow with the number of subdomains, Neumann–Neumann methods require the solution of a coarse problem to provide global communication. The balancing domain decomposition is a Neumann–Neumann method with a special kind of coarse problem. More specifically, consider a domain , on which we wish to solve the Poisson equation -\Delta u = f, \qquad u, _ = 0 for some function ''f''. Split the domain into two non-overlapping subdomains and with common boundary and let and be the values of in each subdomain. At the interface betw ...
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Preconditioner
In mathematics, preconditioning is the application of a transformation, called the preconditioner, that conditions a given problem into a form that is more suitable for numerical solving methods. Preconditioning is typically related to reducing a condition number of the problem. The preconditioned problem is then usually solved by an iterative method. Preconditioning for linear systems In linear algebra and numerical analysis, a preconditioner P of a matrix A is a matrix such that P^A has a smaller condition number than A. It is also common to call T=P^ the preconditioner, rather than P, since P itself is rarely explicitly available. In modern preconditioning, the application of T = P^, i.e., multiplication of a column vector, or a block of column vectors, by T = P^, is commonly performed in a matrix-free fashion, i.e., where neither P, nor T = P^ (and often not even A) are explicitly available in a matrix form. Preconditioners are useful in iterative methods to solve ...
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Neumann Problem
In mathematics, the Neumann (or second-type) boundary condition is a type of boundary condition, named after Carl Neumann. When imposed on an ordinary or a partial differential equation, the condition specifies the values of the derivative applied at the boundary of the domain. It is possible to describe the problem using other boundary conditions: a Dirichlet boundary condition specifies the values of the solution itself (as opposed to its derivative) on the boundary, whereas the Cauchy boundary condition, mixed boundary condition and Robin boundary condition are all different types of combinations of the Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions. Examples ODE For an ordinary differential equation, for instance, :y'' + y = 0, the Neumann boundary conditions on the interval take the form :y'(a)= \alpha, \quad y'(b) = \beta, where and are given numbers. PDE For a partial differential equation, for instance, :\nabla^2 y + y = 0, where denotes the Laplace operator ...
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Balancing Domain Decomposition
In numerical analysis, the balancing domain decomposition method (BDD) is an iterative method to find the solution of a symmetric positive definite system of linear algebraic equations arising from the finite element method.J. Mandel, ''Balancing domain decomposition'', Comm. Numer. Methods Engrg., 9 (1993), pp. 233–241. In each iteration, it combines the solution of local problems on non-overlapping subdomains with a coarse problem created from the subdomain nullspaces. BDD requires only solution of subdomain problems rather than access to the matrices of those problems, so it is applicable to situations where only the solution operators are available, such as in oil reservoir simulation by mixed finite elements.L. C. Cowsar, J. Mandel, and M. F. Wheeler, ''Balancing domain decomposition for mixed finite elements'', Math. Comp., 64 (1995), pp. 989–1015. In its original formulation, BDD performs well only for 2nd order problems, such elasticity in 2D and 3D. Fo ...
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Modified Richardson Iteration
Modified Richardson iteration is an iterative method for solving a system of linear equations. Richardson iteration was proposed by Lewis Fry Richardson in his work dated 1910. It is similar to the Jacobi and Gauss–Seidel method. We seek the solution to a set of linear equations, expressed in matrix terms as A x = b. The Richardson iteration is x^ = x^ + \omega \left( b - A x^ \right), where \omega is a scalar parameter that has to be chosen such that the sequence x^ converges. It is easy to see that the method has the correct fixed points, because if it converges, then x^ \approx x^ and x^ has to approximate a solution of A x = b. Convergence Subtracting the exact solution x, and introducing the notation for the error e^ = x^ - x, we get the equality for the errors e^ = e^ - \omega A e^ = \left(I - \omega A\right) e^. Thus, \left\, e^\right\, = \left\, \left(I - \omega A\right) e^\right\, \leq \left\, I - \omega A\right\, \left\, e^\right\, , for a ...
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Schur Complement Method
In numerical analysis, the Schur complement method, named after Issai Schur, is the basic and the earliest version of non-overlapping domain decomposition method, also called iterative substructuring. A finite element problem is split into non-overlapping subdomains, and the unknowns in the interiors of the subdomains are eliminated. The remaining Schur complement system on the unknowns associated with subdomain interfaces is solved by the conjugate gradient method. The method and implementation Suppose we want to solve the Poisson equation :-\Delta u = f, \qquad u, _ = 0 on some domain Ω. When we discretize this problem we get an ''N''-dimensional linear system ''AU = F''. The Schur complement method splits up the linear system into sub-problems. To do so, divide Ω into two subdomains Ω1, Ω2 which share an interface Γ. Let ''U''1, ''U''2 and ''U''Γ be the degrees of freedom associated with each subdomain and with the interface. We can then write the linear system as :\le ...
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Finite Element Method
Finite element method (FEM) is a popular method for numerically solving differential equations arising in engineering and mathematical modeling. Typical problem areas of interest include the traditional fields of structural analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow, mass transport, and electromagnetic potential. Computers are usually used to perform the calculations required. With high-speed supercomputers, better solutions can be achieved and are often required to solve the largest and most complex problems. FEM is a general numerical method for solving partial differential equations in two- or three-space variables (i.e., some boundary value problems). There are also studies about using FEM to solve high-dimensional problems. To solve a problem, FEM subdivides a large system into smaller, simpler parts called finite elements. This is achieved by a particular space discretization in the space dimensions, which is implemented by the construction of a mesh of the object: the numer ...
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Neumann–Dirichlet Method
In mathematics, the Neumann–Dirichlet method is a domain decomposition preconditioner which involves solving Neumann boundary value problem on one subdomain and Dirichlet boundary value problem In the study of differential equations, a boundary-value problem is a differential equation subjected to constraints called boundary conditions. A solution to a boundary value problem is a solution to the differential equation which also satis ... on another, adjacent across the interface between the subdomains.O. B. Widlund, ''Iterative substructuring methods: algorithms and theory for elliptic problems in the plane'', in First International Symposium on Domain Decomposition Methods for Partial Differential Equations (Paris, 1987), SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1988, pp. 113–128. On a problem with many subdomains organized in a rectangular mesh, the subdomains are assigned Neumann or Dirichlet problems in a checkerboard fashion. See also * Neumann–Neumann method References ...
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