On large-scale diagonalization techniques for the Anderson model of localization

SIAM Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-112

  Schenk, Olaf ^a   Bollhöfer, Matthias ^b   Römer, Rudolf A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anderson model of localization; Cullum Willoughby implementation; Jacobi Davidson algorithm; Lanczos algorithm; Large scale eigenvalue problem; Maximum weighted matching; Multilevel preconditioning; Symmetric indefinite matrix

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

ANDERSON MODEL OF LOCALIZATION; DIAGONALIZATION TECHNIQUES; LANCZOS ALGORITHM; MAXIMUM WEIGHTED MATCHING; MULTILEVEL PRECONDITIONING;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 40749141245     PISSN: 00361445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070707002     Document Type: Article

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