Hi, I need to solve an eigenvalue problem *Ax=lmbda*x*, where A=(B^-H)*Q*B^-1 is a hermitian matrix, 'B^-H' refers to the hermitian of the inverse of the matrix B. Theoretically it would take around 1.8TB to explicitly compute the matrix B^-1 . A feasible way to solve this eigenvalue problem would be to use the LU factors of the B matrix instead. So the problem looks something like this: (*((LU)^-H)*Q***(LU)^-1)***x = lmbda*x* For a guess value of the (normalised) eigen-vector 'x', 1) one would require to solve two linear equations to get '*Ax*', (LU)*y=x, solve for 'y', ((LU)^H)*z=Q*y, solve for 'z' then one can follow the conventional power-iteration procedure 2) update eigenvector: x= z/||z|| 3) get eigenvalue using the Rayleigh quotient 4) go to step-1 and loop through with a conditional break.
Is there any example in petsc that does not require explicit declaration of the matrix '*A*' (*Ax=lmbda*x)* and instead takes a vector '*Ax*' as input for an iterative algorithm (like the one above). I looked into some of the examples of eigenvalue problems ( it's highly possible that I might have overlooked, I am new to petsc) but I couldn't find a way to circumvent the explicit declaration of matrix A. Maitri