[jira] [Commented] (MATH-581) Support for iterative linear solvers

["Gilles (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Gilles commented on MATH-581:
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Exceptions patch applied in revision 1154361.


> Support for iterative linear solvers
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>                 Key: MATH-581
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-581
>             Project: Commons Math
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>    Affects Versions: 3.0, Nightly Builds
>            Reporter: Sébastien Brisard
>              Labels: iterative, linear, solver
>         Attachments: MATH-581-01.patch, MATH-581-02.zip, MATH-581-03.zip, MATH-581-04.zip, MATH-581-05.patch, MATH-581-05.patch, conjugate-gradient.zip, exceptions.patch, linearoperator.zip
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> Dear all,
> this issue has already been discussed on the forum. The idea is to implement the most popular linear iterative solvers (CG, SYMMLQ, etc...) in commons-math. The beauty of these solvers is that they do not need direct access to the coefficients of the matrix, only matrix-vector products are necessary. This is goof, as sometimes it is inetficient to store the coefficients of the matrix.
> So basically, before implementing the iterative solvers, we need to define an interface slightly more general than a matrix, namely LinearOperator, with only one basic operation: matrix-vector product.
> Here are a few interfaces and abstract classes that do that. Nothing fancy yet, I just wanted to have you advice on the implementation before I commit some solvers.
> I thought these classes could go in a package org.apache.commons.math.linearoperator, but really, I haven't got a clue...
> Best regards,
> Sebastien

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