DocumentCode
801372
Title
Why Multigrid Methods Are So Efficient
Author
Yavneh, Irad
Author_Institution
Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Volume
8
Issue
6
fYear
2006
Firstpage
12
Lastpage
22
Abstract
Originally introduced as a way to numerically solve elliptic boundary-value problems, multigrid methods, and their various multiscale descendants, have since been developed and applied to various problems in many disciplines. This introductory article provides the basic concepts and methods of analysis and outlines some of the difficulties of developing efficient multigrid algorithms
Keywords
differential equations; elliptic boundary value problems; multigrid algorithms; multigrid methods; Algorithm design and analysis; Arithmetic; Books; Convergence; Integral equations; Jacobian matrices; Legged locomotion; Medals; Multigrid methods; Partial differential equations; multigrid methods; numerical solution of partial differntial equations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computing in Science & Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1521-9615
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCSE.2006.125
Filename
1717310
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