DIRECT PARALLEL ALGORITHMS FOR BANDED LINEAR-SYSTEMS

Authors
ARBENZ P GANDER W
Citation
P. Arbenz et W. Gander, DIRECT PARALLEL ALGORITHMS FOR BANDED LINEAR-SYSTEMS, Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 76, 1996, pp. 119-122
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,"Mathematical Method, Physical Science",Mechanics,Mathematics
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik → ACNP
ISSN journal
00442267
Volume
76
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
119 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-2267(1996)76:<119:DPAFBL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We investigate direct algorithms to solve linear banded systems of equ ations on MIMD multiprocessor computers with distributed memory. We sh ow that it is hard to beat ordinary one-processor Gaussian elimination . Numerical computation results from the Intel Paragon are given.