Approximation of the Scattering Amplitude using Nonsymmetric Saddle Point Matrices

Abstract

In this thesis we look at iterative methods for solving the primal (Ax = b) and dual (AT y = g) systems of linear equations to approximate the scattering amplitude defined by gTx =yTb. We use a conjugate gradient-like iteration for a unsymmetric saddle point matrix that is contructed so as to have a real positive spectrum. We find that this method is more consistent than known methods for computing the scattering amplitude such as GLSQR or QMR. Then, we use techniques from matrices, moments, and quadrature to compute the scattering amplitude without solving the system directly

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