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We present an analysis of relaxation methods for the discrete convection-diffusion equation based on norms of the iteration matrices. For one-dimensional problems, the results show how the performance of iterative solvers is affected by directions of flow associated with the underlying operator. In particular, for problems of size n, relaxation sweeps opposite the direction of flow incur a latency of approximately n steps in which convergence is slow, and red-black relaxation incurs a latency of approximately n/2 steps. There is no latency associated with relaxation that follows the flow. The one-dimensional analysis is also generalized to two-dimensional problems in the case where relaxation follows the flow.
This work was supported by the U. S. Army Research Office under grant DAAL-0392-G-0016, and by the National Science Foundation under grants ASC-8958544 and CCR-8818340.
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Elman, H.C., Chernesky, M.P. (1994). Ordering Effects on Relaxation Methods Applied to the Discrete Convection-Diffusion Equation. In: Golub, G., Luskin, M., Greenbaum, A. (eds) Recent Advances in Iterative Methods. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 60. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9353-5_4
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