cg


cg, a Python code which implements a simple version of the conjugate gradient (CG) method for solving a system of linear equations of the form A*x=b, suitable for situations in which the matrix A is positive definite (only real, positive eigenvalues) and symmetric.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

cg is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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Reference:

  1. Frank Beckman,
    The Solution of Linear Equations by the Conjugate Gradient Method,
    in Mathematical Methods for Digital Computers,
    edited by John Ralston, Herbert Wilf,
    Wiley, 1967,
    ISBN: 0471706892,
    LC: QA76.5.R3.
  2. Jonathan Shewchuk,
    An introduction to the conjugate gradient method without the agonizing pain, Edition 1.25, August 1994.

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Last revised on 20 January 2020.