Ex 3
Ex 3
Ex 3
The following two questions are about the conjugate directions, be cautious they are different.
1. Show that if matrix A of size n × n is positive definite, then there exists a set of nonzero vectors
{p0 , p1 , . . . , pn−1 } that are A-orthogonal.
2. Show that if nonzero vectors p0 , p1 , . . . , pl (l < n) are A-orthogonal to each other, then these vectors
are linearly independent.
3-1
3-2 Exercise 3: Conjugate gradient method
See the algorithms listed below (in last page) and answer the following questions. Suppose we know the
vectors {p0 , p1 , . . . , pn−1 } generated in both algorithms are A-orthogonal.
1. Suppose x∗ is the minimizer (Ax∗ = b) and x0 is the starting point. Briefly state why can we find
coefficients ck that
x0 − x∗ = c0 p0 + · · · + cn−1 pn−1 . (3.3)
3. Use 2. and pk = −rk + βk pk−1 to show that rkT pk = −rkT rk . See (5.14a) and (5.24a). Then use 2. to
show
T
rk+1 rk = 0 (3.5)