On subspace-constrained preconditioning for randomized iterative methods

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Main Authors: Sun, Yonghan, Qi, Hou-Duo, Han, Deren, Xie, Jiaxin
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Published: 2026
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author Sun, Yonghan
Qi, Hou-Duo
Han, Deren
Xie, Jiaxin
author_facet Sun, Yonghan
Qi, Hou-Duo
Han, Deren
Xie, Jiaxin
contents In this paper, we further investigate and refine the subspace-constrained preconditioning technique to enhance the theoretical and numerical convergence properties of randomized iterative methods for solving linear systems. In particular, we design a QR-like factorization that transforms the original linear system into an equivalent block-orthogonal form, thus avoiding the full-rank assumptions adopted in existing work. Moreover, this reformulation reduces the problem to solving a smaller linear system with a favorable singular value distribution, provided an appropriate initial point is employed. The proposed framework can be implemented implicitly within the iteration and does not require explicitly constructing either a preconditioner matrix or a preconditioned linear system, which eliminates the prohibitive cost of forming a fully preconditioned system. Furthermore, we construct orthogonalized search directions from stochastic gradients and develop accelerated variants of the framework. We prove that the proposed algorithmic framework converges linearly in expectation. Numerical experiments demonstrate the benefits of the proposed preconditioning strategy.
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spellingShingle On subspace-constrained preconditioning for randomized iterative methods
Sun, Yonghan
Qi, Hou-Duo
Han, Deren
Xie, Jiaxin
Numerical Analysis
In this paper, we further investigate and refine the subspace-constrained preconditioning technique to enhance the theoretical and numerical convergence properties of randomized iterative methods for solving linear systems. In particular, we design a QR-like factorization that transforms the original linear system into an equivalent block-orthogonal form, thus avoiding the full-rank assumptions adopted in existing work. Moreover, this reformulation reduces the problem to solving a smaller linear system with a favorable singular value distribution, provided an appropriate initial point is employed. The proposed framework can be implemented implicitly within the iteration and does not require explicitly constructing either a preconditioner matrix or a preconditioned linear system, which eliminates the prohibitive cost of forming a fully preconditioned system. Furthermore, we construct orthogonalized search directions from stochastic gradients and develop accelerated variants of the framework. We prove that the proposed algorithmic framework converges linearly in expectation. Numerical experiments demonstrate the benefits of the proposed preconditioning strategy.
title On subspace-constrained preconditioning for randomized iterative methods
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29304