On the use of conjugate gradient-type methods for boundary integral equations (Q687430)

The paper studies the performance of iterative methods without preconditioning for solving matrix equations resulting from boundary integral equations. For a test case, involving equations with the four fundamental integral operators of two-dimensional potential theory and leading to full and nonsymmetric matrices, a number of conjugate gradient- and Krylov-type methods is investigated. The author shows that only three methods (GMRES, bi-cg, QMR) converge in all cases and that GMRES is the most efficient method.