The preconditioned variational methods for solving large linear systems (Q1070764)

From authors' summary: The implementation of the preconditioned conjugate gradient method for the solution of linear systems arising from the discretization of self-adjoint elliptic boundary value problems, requires the predetermination of an optimal iteration parameter. It is shown that this parameter can be chosen in a stable manner in O(1) operations per iteration, if it is allowed to vary with the iteration index from information derived from the gradient parameters.