Abstract

this paper, we generalize the ideas behind the RS-algorithms and the MHLalgorithm. We develop a band reduction algorithm that eliminates d subdiagonals of a symmetric banded matrix with semibandwidth b (d < b), in a fashion akin to the MHL tridiagonalization algorithm. Then, like the Rutishauser algorithm, the band reduction algorithm is repeatedly used until the reduced matrix is tridiagonal. If d = b 1, it is the MHL-algorithm; and if d = 1 is used for each reduction step, it results in the Rutishauser algorithm. However, d need not be chosen this way; indeed, exploiting the freedom we have in choosing d leads to a class of algorithms for banded reduction and tridiagonalization with favorable computational properties. In particular, we can derive algorithms with

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