Orateur: Parisa Mamooler
Titre: Hierarchical Matrix (H-matrix)

Résumé: Numerical analysts avoid whenever possible to work with large dense matrices. Instead, they try to approximate them with sparse or low rank matrices. H-matrices are one of these methods which use data-sparse approximations of non-sparse matrices. In fact, they provide tools to perform matrix operations in almost linear complexity (of O(n log n)). One of the important properties of the H-matrices is that they are valid for the important class of matrices originating from standard discretisations of elliptic partial differential equations or the related integral equations. In this talk I’ll give the basic ideas of H-matrices and their application for solving an integral equation.