id: 04078628 dt: j an: 04078628 au: Galanis, S.; Hadjidimos, A.; Noustos, D. ti: On the equivalence of the k-step iterative Euler methods and successive overrelaxation (SOR) methods for k-cyclic matrices. so: Math. Comput. Simul. 30, No.3, 213-230 (1988). py: 1988 pu: Elsevier Science B.V. (North-Holland), Amsterdam la: EN cc: ut: consistently ordered k-cyclic matrices; successive overrelaxation; Jacobi matrix; k-cyclic SOR method; stationary k-step iterative method; optimal relaxation factor; region of convergence ci: Zbl 0487.65018 li: doi:10.1016/0378-4754(88)90001-8 ab: The authors establish the relationship $ω\sp kT\sp k{\cal L}\sbω\sp{k-1}=[{\cal L}\sbω+(ω+1)I]\sp k$ connecting the successive overrelaxation (SOR) matrix ${\cal L}\sbω$ and the Jacobi matrix T associated with a linear system $x=Tx+c$, where T is weakly cyclic of index k. Based on this result, they derive an equivalence between the k-cyclic SOR method and a certain stationary k- step iterative method [cf. {\it W. Niethammer} and {\it R. S. Varga}, Numer. Math. 41, 177-206 (1983; Zbl 0487.65018)]. By applying the theory of these stationary k-step methods, old and new results on the k-cyclic SOR method are shown, e.g., the optimal relaxation factor and the region of convergence are determined. rv: M.Eiermann