TY - JOUR
T1 - Solving large nonlinear generalized eigenvalue problems from Density Functional Theory calculations in parallel
AU - Bendtsen, Claus
AU - Nielsen, Ole Holm
AU - Hansen, Lars Bruno
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The quantum mechanical ground state of electrons is described by Density Functional Theory, which leads to large minimization problems. An efficient minimization method uses a self-consistent field (SCF) solution of large eigenvalue problems. The iterative Davidson algorithm is often used, and we propose a new algorithm of this kind which is well suited for the SCF method, since the accuracy of the eigensolution is gradually improved along with the outer SCF-iterations. Best efficiency is obtained for small-block-size iterations, and the algorithm is highly memory efficient. The implementation works well on both serial and parallel computers, and good scalability of the algorithm is obtained. (C) 2001 IMACS. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - The quantum mechanical ground state of electrons is described by Density Functional Theory, which leads to large minimization problems. An efficient minimization method uses a self-consistent field (SCF) solution of large eigenvalue problems. The iterative Davidson algorithm is often used, and we propose a new algorithm of this kind which is well suited for the SCF method, since the accuracy of the eigensolution is gradually improved along with the outer SCF-iterations. Best efficiency is obtained for small-block-size iterations, and the algorithm is highly memory efficient. The implementation works well on both serial and parallel computers, and good scalability of the algorithm is obtained. (C) 2001 IMACS. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9274(00)00038-6
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9274(00)00038-6
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0168-9274
VL - 37
SP - 189
EP - 199
JO - Applied Numerical Mathematics
JF - Applied Numerical Mathematics
IS - 1-2
ER -