Summary

Precondition Gradient Methods emerged in the early 1970s as the most impressive algorithm for the large sparse definite problems. The method has gained large acceptance throughout the world since then and undergone rapid development. The method has been generalized to non-symmetric and indefinite problems, domain decomposition, eigenvalue problems, and many other application areas. The analysis of the preconditioning strategy is both a mathematically fascinating and complex topic. Since the topic appears to be expanding in importance, it was felt opportune to present this volume containing papers on preconditioned iterative methods, Incomplete Factorisation and SSOR preconditioning and the Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method covering symmetric and non-symmetric systems on computers (vector and parallel) for finite element and computational fluid dynamic applications. This volume serves as a useful companion volume to the previously publishedPreconditioning Methods: Theory and Application