<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr">By arbitrary I mean no conditions at all like symmetric/hermitian/...</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr">but sparse, yes.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr">Can I use Slepc generate the eigenvalues of such matrices?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr">In such a case can I expect to get a speed up with a multi-core machine?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr">I'm a newbie to this field.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr">Henri</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422017543311_17607" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></body></html>