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Uzawa iteration

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In numerical mathematics, the Uzawa iteration is an algorithm for solving saddle point problems. It is named after Hirofumi Uzawa and was originally introduced in the context of concave programming.[1]

Basic idea

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We consider a saddle point problem of the form

where is a symmetric positive-definite matrix. Multiplying the first row by and subtracting from the second row yields the upper-triangular system

where denotes the Schur complement. Since is symmetric positive-definite, we can apply standard iterative methods like the gradient descent method or the conjugate gradient method to solve

in order to compute . The vector can be reconstructed by solving

It is possible to update alongside during the iteration for the Schur complement system and thus obtain an efficient algorithm.

Implementation

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We start the conjugate gradient iteration by computing the residual

of the Schur complement system, where

denotes the upper half of the solution vector matching the initial guess for its lower half. We complete the initialization by choosing the first search direction

In each step, we compute

and keep the intermediate result

for later. The scaling factor is given by

and leads to the updates

Using the intermediate result saved earlier, we can also update the upper part of the solution vector

Now we only have to construct the new search direction by the Gram–Schmidt process, i.e.,

The iteration terminates if the residual has become sufficiently small or if the norm of is significantly smaller than indicating that the Krylov subspace has been almost exhausted.

Modifications and extensions

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If solving the linear system exactly is not feasible, inexact solvers can be applied.[2][3][4]

If the Schur complement system is ill-conditioned, preconditioners can be employed to improve the speed of convergence of the underlying gradient method.[2][5]

Inequality constraints can be incorporated, e.g., in order to handle obstacle problems.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Uzawa, H. (1958). "Iterative methods for concave programming". In Arrow, K. J.; Hurwicz, L.; Uzawa, H. (eds.). Studies in linear and nonlinear programming. Stanford University Press.
  2. ^ a b Elman, H. C.; Golub, G. H. (1994). "Inexact and preconditioned Uzawa algorithms for saddle point problems". SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 31 (6): 1645–1661. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.307.8178. doi:10.1137/0731085.
  3. ^ Bramble, J. H.; Pasciak, J. E.; Vassilev, A. T. (1997). "Analysis of the inexact Uzawa algorithm for saddle point problems". SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 34 (3): 1072–1982. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.52.9559. doi:10.1137/S0036142994273343.
  4. ^ Zulehner, W. (1998). "Analysis of iterative methods for saddle point problems. A unified approach". Math. Comp. 71 (238): 479–505. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-01-01324-2.
  5. ^ a b Gräser, C.; Kornhuber, R. (2007). "On Preconditioned Uzawa-type Iterations for a Saddle Point Problem with Inequality Constraints". Domain Decomposition Methods in Science and Engineering XVI. Lec. Not. Comp. Sci. Eng. Vol. 55. pp. 91–102. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.72.9238. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34469-8_8. ISBN 978-3-540-34468-1.

Further reading

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