On the occasion of the third centenary of the appointment of Johann Be
rnoulli at the University of Groningen, a number of linear systems sol
vers for some Laplace-like equations have been compared during a one-d
ay workshop. CPU times of several advanced solvers measured on the sam
e computer (an HP-755 workstation) are presented, which makes it possi
ble to draw clear conclusions about the performance of these solvers.
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