
96 Solution of Linear Systems
• If your matrix is symmetric indefinite, large and
sparse. MINRES is a popular iterative method in this case.
It is based on short recurrences that minimize the norm of
the residual within the Krylov subspace.
• If your matrix is nonsymmetric, large and sparse.
The choice of a method here depends on storage require-
ments. If you are not particularly limited in terms of mem-
ory resources, then GMRES is a very effective method: it
minimizes the residual within the Krylov subspace and is
very robust. Restarted versions of GMRES keep the mem-
ory requirements at a cap, at the price of compromising on
the minimization propert