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Methods of conjugate gradients for solving linear systems

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Hestenes, M.R., Stiefel, E.·1952·Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards

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An iterative algorithm is given for solving a system Ax=k of n linear equations in n unknowns. The solution is given in n steps. It is shown that this method is a special case of a very general method which also includes Gaussian elimination. These general algorithms are essentially algorithms for finding an n dimensional ellipsoid. Connections are made with the theory of orthogonal polynomials and continued fractions.

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Authors
Hestenes, M. R., & Stiefel, E.
Venue
Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards
Published
1952-12
Volume
49
Issue
6
Pages
409
ISSN
0091-0635 (ISSN-L)
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8,132
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journal article
Language
en
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