Rejuvenating AMLI-Cycle: From Chebyshev Polynomials to Momentum Acceleration

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the AMLI-cycle method and make two contributions. First, we revisit the AMLI-cycle using the Chebyshev polynomials and establish a theory for its uniform convergence, assuming the two-grid method converges uniformly. This removes the need for estimating extreme eigenvalues at all coarse levels. Only an estimation of the two-grid convergence rate is needed, which could be done on the second coarsest level, simplifying implementation and reducing computational costs for large-scale problems. Second, we introduce a momentum-accelerated AMLI-cycle using polynomials from momentum accelerations. This novel approach ensures a uniform condition number without requiring extreme eigenvalue or two-grid convergence rate estimations, making its implementation as straightforward as standard multigrid methods. We prove that it is asymptotically as good as the AMLI-cycle using the Chebyshev polynomials when the quadratic momentum-accelerated polynomials is used. Numerical experiments confirm the robustness and efficiency of the momentum-accelerated AMLI-cycle across various problems, demonstrating performance comparable to the Chebyshev-based AMLI-cycle. These findings validate the theoretical advantages and practical efficacy of the momentum-accelerated AMLI-cycle.