A Novel Multigrid Based Preconditioner For Heterogeneous Helmholtz Problems

  • Authors:
  • Y. A. Erlangga;C. W. Oosterlee;C. Vuik

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

An iterative solution method, in the form of a preconditioner for a Krylov subspace method, is presented for the Helmholtz equation. The preconditioner is based on a Helmholtz-type differential operator with a complex term. A multigrid iteration is used for approximately inverting the preconditioner. The choice of multigrid components for the corresponding preconditioning matrix with a complex diagonal is validated with Fourier analysis. Multigrid analysis results are verified by numerical experiments. High wavenumber Helmholtz problems in heterogeneous media are solved indicating the performance of the preconditioner.