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I am working on some model analysis, getting two diff equations and after I convert them into matrix form, I have equations looks like $$[A][X]=C\times\big(\exp([B][X])-1\big),$$ where $C$ is a ...
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I am translating a piece of Fortran code into Python and am testing my code with a certain test case. All the results differ with 0.04% compared to the Fortran results. This is a very small ...
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### General algorithm to solve systems of symbolic equations

I want to simplify (solve) a system of linear + nonlinear symbolic equations as much as possible. the equations are of random orders, without differentiation. is there a general & well-known ...
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### Diagonal update of a symmetric positive definite matrix

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### Danger of complex arithmetics in scientific computing

The complex inner product $\langle u,v\rangle$ has two different definitions decided by conventions: $\bar{u}^Tv$ or $u^T\bar{v}$. In BLAS, I found the routines cdotu, zdotu, and cdotc, zdotc. The ...
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### Why are Octrees used for Multipole space decomposition?

In most (all?) implementations of the Fast Multipole Method (FMM), octrees are used to decompose the relevant domain. Theoretically, octrees provide a simple volumetric bound, which is useful for ...
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### Comparing Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel methods for nonlinear iterations

It is well known that for certain linear systems Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel iterative methods have the same convergence behavior, e.g. Stein-Rosenberg Theorem. I am wondering if similar results exist for ...
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### Specialized methods for symmetric tridiagonal generalized eigenvalue problems

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### Guidelines for nested preconditioners

Consider the situation where you want to solve a linear system using a preconditioned Krylov method, but applying the preconditioner itself involves solving an auxiliary system, which is done with ...
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### Operator Splitting methods for DAEs

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Which turbulence model is suitable for resolving incompressible buoyancy-driven flow of a fluid within an cylindrical ampoule? I prefer turbulence model which is sufficiently simple so that fully ...
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