algorithm

Christophe Geuzaine Christophe.Geuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Thu Jun 14 19:47:20 CEST 2001


Lin Ji wrote:
> 
> Hi, Christophe,
>    Since I am solving a linear wave equation, would it be faster to solve the
> system by LU factorization than by GMRES (default)? Is GMRES more accurate in
> this case?

LU will be much slower, and accuracy should not be a problem (provided
that the iterative solver converges). You may play with the
preconditioner (increase its size may be benefic if you don't recompute
it at each time step -> cf. ReUseILU flag in one of my preceding
e-mails).

Christophe

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