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Revision as of 13:55, 15 March 2017
There are many methods available for solving sparse systems. We compare some of them here.
Mathematica has the following methods available (https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LinearSolve.html#DetailsAndOptions)
- direct: banded, cholesky, multifrontal (direct sparse LU)
- iterative: Krylov
Matlab has the following methods:
- direct: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/mldivide.html#bt42omx_head
- iterative: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/math/systems-of-linear-equations.html#brzoiix, including bicgstab, gmres
Eigen has the following methods: (https://eigen.tuxfamily.org/dox-devel/group__TopicSparseSystems.html)
- direct: sparse LU
- iterative: bicgstab, cg
Solving a simple sparse system $A x = b$ with $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & \\ 1 & \ddots & \ddots \\ & \ddots & \end{bmatrix}$ and $b = \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ \vdots \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}$ with dimension $n$ has the following timings:
| Matlab | Mathematica | Eigen |
|---|---|---|
| Row header 1 | row 1, cell 2 | row 1, cell 3 |
| Row header 2 | row 2, cell 2 | row 2, cell 3 |
