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Jahr der Mathematik 2008: Vortragsreihe exzellenter Mathematiker

 

Exzellenzvortrag
"The Technique of Hierarchical Matrices"

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Hackbusch (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Leipzig)

Abstract:
Matrices of large size arise in particular from elliptic partial differential equations and integral equations. In the former case one can make use of the sparsity, in the latter case a standard treatment of the matrices already leads to storage problems. The technique of hierarchical matrices allows to organise the storage as well as all matrix operations (including inversion) with almost linear complexity. The hierarchical matrix operations yield only approximations, but the arising error can be made at least as small as the discretisation error.

The lecture explains the matrix representation, the organisation of the operations and underlines the black-box character of the method. Furthermore, applications are described which are usually considered to be impossible for large scale matrices: computation of functions of matrices and solution of matrix equations (Lyapunov etc.).


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