On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Klaij, Christiaan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:C.Klaij@marin.nl" target="_blank">C.Klaij@marin.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
> > I'm solving a system with GMRES using the same preconditioner either on<br>
> > the left or on the right.<br>
> > For left preconditioning I get two orders of reduction for the<br>
> > preconditioned residual in 20 its:<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Notice here that your "preconditioner" is far from one. It manages to blow<br>
> up the true residual by<br>
> 5 orders of magnitude, from which it never recovers. The right<br>
> preconditioning just avoids being<br>
> so screwed up.<br>
><br>
> Matt<br>
<br>
Yes, I noticed that. It does recover 2 orders in 20 its, and it<br>
can recover 5 orders and beyond in a few hundred its. What I<br>
don't understand is how the same preconditioner applied to the<br>
right "just avoids being so screwed up".<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Suppose that your preconditioner has a huge null space, and b fits</div><div>into it. Then right preconditioning would do nothing at all. Some tiny</div>
<div>bit would creep through since Ab is not entirely in it, but there would</div><div>be a small preconditioned residual with large true residual.</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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