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Block partitioning of sparse rectangular matrices

Abstract

Abstract We present a means of reordering large, sparse rectangular matrices such that their nonzeros are closer to the diagonal. This enables a block‐partitioning which is useful in parallel contexts. We use the Reverse Cuthill‐McKee (RCM) algorithm on the adjacency matrix of the associated bipartite graph. The resulting, reordered matrix has a block bidiagonal structure.

Keywords:
Adjacency matrix Bipartite graph Block (permutation group theory) Diagonal Sparse matrix Block matrix Adjacency list Matrix (chemical analysis) Combinatorics Graph Mathematics Computer science Algorithm Geometry Eigenvalues and eigenvectors Materials science Physics

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Matrix Theory and Algorithms
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