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MiS Preprint
52/2009
Variational Calculus with Sums of Elementary Tensors of Fixed Rank
Mike Espig, Wolfgang Hackbusch, Thorsten Rohwedder and Reinhold Schneider
Abstract
In this article we introduce a calculus of variations for sums of elementary tensors and apply it to functionals of practical interest. The survey provides all necessary ingredients for applying minimization methods in a general setting. The important cases of target functionals which are linear and quadratic with respect to the tensor product are discussed, and combinations of these functionals are presented in detail. As an example, we consider the solution of a linear system in structured tensor format. Moreover, we discuss the solution of an eigenvalue problem with sums of elementary tensors. This example can be viewed as a prototype of a constrained minimization problem. For the numerical treatment, we suggest a method which has the same order of complexity as the popular alternating least square algorithm and demonstrate the rate of convergence in numerical tests.
