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A FEAST Algorithm with oblique projection for generalized eigenvalue problems

The contour-integral based eigensolvers are the recent efforts for computing the eigenvalues inside a given region in the complex plane. The best-known members are the Sakurai-Sugiura (SS) method, its stable version CIRR, and the FEAST algorithm. An attractive computational advantage of these methods is that they are easily parallelizable. The FEAST algorithm was developed for the generalized Hermitian eigenvalue problems. It is stable and accurate. However, it may fail when applied to non-Hermitian problems. In this paper, we extend the FEAST algorithm to non-Hermitian problems. The approach can be summarized as follows: (i) to construct a particular contour integral to form a subspace containing the desired eigenspace, and (ii) to use the oblique projection technique to extract desired eigenpairs with appropriately chosen test subspace. The related mathematical framework is established. We also address some implementation issues such as how to choose a suitable starting matrix and design good stopping criteria. Numerical experiments are provided to illustrate that our method is stable and efficient.