Preconditioner

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A matrix that has a smaller condition number than another.

    "Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners."

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"Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners."

Etymology

From pre- + conditioner.

Related phrases

condition number

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