Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Math 278C: Optimization and Data Science
Prof. Robert Webber
UCSD
Randomly sparsified Richardson iteration: A dimension-independent sparse linear solver
Abstract:
Recently, a class of algorithms combining classical fixed-point iterations with repeated random sparsification of approximate solution vectors has been successfully applied to eigenproblems with matrices as large as . So far, a complete mathematical explanation for this success has proven elusive. The family of methods has not yet been extended to the important case of linear system solves. In this paper, we propose a new scheme based on repeated random sparsification that is capable of solving sparse linear systems in arbitrarily high dimensions. We provide a complete mathematical analysis of this new algorithm. Our analysis establishes a faster-than-Monte Carlo convergence rate and justifies use of the scheme even when the solution is too large to store as a dense vector.
October 15, 2025
4:00 PM
APM 2402 & Zoom (Meeting ID: 926 5846 1639 / Password: OPT25FA)
Research Areas
Optimization****************************

