Optimal a priori error bounds for the Rayleigh-Ritz method

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2000-09-01

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Sleijpen, G.L.G.
Eshof, J. van den
Smit, P.

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Abstract

We derive error bounds for the Rayleigh-Ritz method for the approximation to extremal eigenpairs of a symmetric matrix. The bounds are expressed in terms of the eigenvalues of the matrix and the angle between the subspace and the eigenvector. We also present a sharp bound.

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symmetric matrices, eigenvalue problem, subspace projection, Rayleigh-Ritz, error bounds

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