On IOM(q): The Incomplete Orthogonalization Method for Large Unsymmetric Linear Systems

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The author investigates the incomplete orthogonalization method (\(\text{IOM} (q)\)), a truncated version of the full orthogonalization method (FOM) for solving large unsymmetric systems of linear equations. The \(\text{IOM} (q)\) method is analysed from a theoretical point of view (in exact arithmetic). The paper studies the orthogonality of the basis vectors generated by the truncated Arnoldi orthogonalization process and the relationships between the residual norms of the \(\text{IOM} (q)\) and FOM methods are established. Theoretical results are illustrated by a number of numerical experiments. In the first part, the author describes the algorithms of the restarted FOM method and its truncated version without correction \(\text{IOM} (q)\) presented by \textit{Y. Saad} [Math. Comp. 37, 105-126 (1981; Zbl 0474.65019)]. Further, basic properties of the basis generated by the incomplete orthogonalization are investigated in detail. The author gives the bounds for the loss of orthogonality and for the singular values (linear independence) of the corresponding matrix with the basis vectors in terms of the departure of the system matrix from symmetry. It is shown that if the truncation parameter \(q\) is only by two vectors less than the restart parameter \(m\) then the \(\text{IOM} (q)\) method may generate a very (arbitrarily) ill-conditioned basis for the general unsymmetric system matrix \(A\). Note that in the symmetric case, the given analysis reduces to the well-known analysis of the properties of the symmetric Lanczos process. The second part of the paper is devoted to the analysis of convergence of the \(\text{IOM} (q)\) method. A relation between the residual norms of the FOM and \(\text{IOM} (q)\) in terms of the properties of the basis generated by the truncated orthogonalization process is derived. It is shown that if the linear independence of the computed basis is lost, then \(\text{IOM} (q)\) may not behave like FOM for a general unsymmetric matrix. In summary, \(\text{IOM} (q)\) may succeed in solving the system under some restrictions, but is possibly subject to failure, no matter how the trucation parameter \(q\) is chosen for general unsymmetric systems. Moreover, \(\text{IOM} (q)\) may not behave like FOM without some assumptions even if the system matrix is nearly symmetric. Due to the mathematical equivalence between \(\text{IOM} (q)\) and \(\text{ORTHORES}(q)\), the same results are valid also for the \(\text{ORTHORES}(q)\) method. Finally, assuming additional assumptions on the system matrix a possible strategy for choosing the truncation parameter \(q\) is discussed and theoretical results are illustrated on a series of numerical examples. Numerical experiments confirm that for the given class of real problems the restarted \(\text{IOM} (q)\) method is competitive with and is more efficient than the restarted FOM in most cases. This is especially true when the system is nearly symmetric and the upper Hessenberg matrix with the orthogonalization coefficients is nonsingular within the restart cycle of the iteration process.



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