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Single- and Multiple-Vector Iterations
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In this section, we discuss the power method and its variations. These methods are very simple to implement and often find a few extreme eigenvalues quickly. They also serve as a motivation for the more sophisticated methods to be discussed later.



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Susan Blackford 2000-11-20