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Lanczos Versus Subspace Iteration for Solution of Eigenvalue Problems

Nour-Omid, Bahram; Parlett, Beresford N.; Taylor, Robert L.

UCB/SESM-1980/08, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1980-11, 16 pages

Report briefly compares modified Lanczos algorithm with a standard subspace iteration for solving large eigen-problems arising in the dynamic analysis of structures.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-80-08.pdf (665 KB)