Block Algorithms with Augmented Rayleigh-Ritz Projections for Large-Scale Eigenpair Computation

Block Algorithms with Augmented Rayleigh-Ritz Projections for Large-Scale Eigenpair Computation

Year:    2019

Author:    Haoyang Liu, Zaiwen Wen, Chao Yang, Yin Zhang

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 37 (2019), Iss. 6 : pp. 889–915

Abstract

Most iterative algorithms for eigenpair computation consist of two main steps: a subspace update (SU) step that generates bases for approximate eigenspaces, followed by a Rayleigh-Ritz (RR) projection step that extracts approximate eigenpairs. So far the predominant methodology for the SU step is based on Krylov subspaces that builds orthonormal bases piece by piece in a sequential manner. In this work, we investigate block methods in the SU step that allow a higher level of concurrency than what is reachable by Krylov subspace methods. To achieve a competitive speed, we propose an augmented Rayleigh-Ritz (ARR) procedure. Combining this ARR procedure with a set of polynomial accelerators, as well as utilizing a few other techniques such as continuation and deflation, we construct a block algorithm designed to reduce the number of RR steps and elevate concurrency in the SU steps. Extensive computational experiments are conducted in $C$ on a representative set of test problems to evaluate the performance of two variants of our algorithm. Numerical results, obtained on a many-core computer without explicit code parallelization, show that when computing a relatively large number of eigenpairs, the performance of our algorithms is competitive with that of several state-of-the-art eigensolvers.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/jcm.1910-m2019-0034

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 37 (2019), Iss. 6 : pp. 889–915

Published online:    2019-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    27

Keywords:    Extreme eigenpairs Augmented Rayleigh-Ritz projection.

Author Details

Haoyang Liu

Zaiwen Wen

Chao Yang

Yin Zhang