A condensation-based application of Cramer's rule for solving large-scale linear systems

  • Authors:
  • Ken Habgood;Itamar Arel

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA;Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Discrete Algorithms
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

State-of-the-art software packages for solving large-scale linear systems are predominantly founded on Gaussian elimination techniques (e.g. LU-decomposition). This paper presents an efficient framework for solving large-scale linear systems by means of a novel utilization of Cramer@?s rule. While the latter is often perceived to be impractical when considered for large systems, it is shown that the algorithm proposed retains an O(N^3) complexity with pragmatic forward and backward stability properties. Empirical results are provided to substantiate the stated accuracy and computational complexity claims.