457 research outputs found
An implementation of the look-ahead Lanczos algorithm for non-Hermitian matrices
The nonsymmetric Lanczos method can be used to compute eigenvalues of large sparse non-Hermitian matrices or to solve large sparse non-Hermitian linear systems. However, the original Lanczos algorithm is susceptible to possible breakdowns and potential instabilities. An implementation is presented of a look-ahead version of the Lanczos algorithm that, except for the very special situation of an incurable breakdown, overcomes these problems by skipping over those steps in which a breakdown or near-breakdown would occur in the standard process. The proposed algorithm can handle look-ahead steps of any length and requires the same number of matrix-vector products and inner products as the standard Lanczos process without look-ahead
A nested Krylov subspace method to compute the sign function of large complex matrices
We present an acceleration of the well-established Krylov-Ritz methods to
compute the sign function of large complex matrices, as needed in lattice QCD
simulations involving the overlap Dirac operator at both zero and nonzero
baryon density. Krylov-Ritz methods approximate the sign function using a
projection on a Krylov subspace. To achieve a high accuracy this subspace must
be taken quite large, which makes the method too costly. The new idea is to
make a further projection on an even smaller, nested Krylov subspace. If
additionally an intermediate preconditioning step is applied, this projection
can be performed without affecting the accuracy of the approximation, and a
substantial gain in efficiency is achieved for both Hermitian and non-Hermitian
matrices. The numerical efficiency of the method is demonstrated on lattice
configurations of sizes ranging from 4^4 to 10^4, and the new results are
compared with those obtained with rational approximation methods.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures, minor corrections, extended analysis of the
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The cryptohermitian smeared-coordinate representation of wave functions
The one-dimensional real line of coordinates is replaced, for simplification
or approximation purposes, by an N-plet of the so called Gauss-Hermite grid
points. These grid points are interpreted as the eigenvalues of a tridiagonal
matrix which proves rather complicated. Via the "zeroth"
Dyson-map the "operator of position" is then
further simplified into an isospectral matrix which is found optimal for
the purpose. As long as the latter matrix appears non-Hermitian it is not an
observable in the manifestly "false" Hilbert space . For this reason the optimal operator is assigned
the family of its isospectral avatars ,
. They are, by construction, selfadjoint in the
respective dependent image Hilbert spaces
obtained from by the respective "new" Dyson maps
. In the ultimate step of simplification, the inner product in
the F-superscripted space is redefined in an {\it ad hoc}, dependent
manner. The resulting "simplest", S-superscripted representations of the eligible physical Hilbert spaces of states (offering
different dynamics) then emerge as, by construction, unitary equivalent to the
(i.e., indistinguishable from the) respective awkward, P-superscripted and
subscripted physical Hilbert spaces.Comment: 13. pp, 3 fig
Gegenbauer-solvable quantum chain model
In an innovative inverse-problem construction the measured, experimental
energies , , ... of a quantum bound-state system are assumed
fitted by an N-plet of zeros of a classical orthogonal polynomial . We
reconstruct the underlying Hamiltonian (in the most elementary
nearest-neighbor-interaction form) and the underlying Hilbert space
of states (the rich menu of non-equivalent inner products is offered). The
Gegenbauer's ultraspherical polynomials are chosen for
the detailed illustration of technicalities.Comment: 29 pp., 1 fi
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