An algorithm to find a maximum of a multilinear map over a product of spheres (Q1935752)

The author provides an algorithm to find the maximum of a multilinear map over a product of spheres of the following form: \[ l: \mathbb{R}^{n_1+ 1}\times \mathbb{R}^{n_2+1}\times\cdots\times \mathbb{R}^{n_r+1}\to \mathbb{R}^{n_{r+1}+1},\quad \max_{\| x_1\|=\cdots=\| x_r\|= 1}\| l(x_1,\dots, x_r)\|. \] As a corollary, a method to compute the first singular value of a linear map is given. Applications and examples are presented.