Comparison theorems for the convergence factor of iterative methods for singular matrices

Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Volumn 316, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 67-87

  Marek, Ivo ^a   Szyld, Daniel B ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

15A06; 15A48; 15A51; 65F10; Comparison theorems; Convergence factor; Iterative methods; Linear systems; Markov chains; Markov processes; Stochastic matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034414037     PISSN: 00243795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3795(99)00275-X     Document Type: Article

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