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We study how small perturbations of general matrix polynomials may change their elementary divisors and minimal indices by constructing the closure hierarchy (stratification) graphs of matrix polynomials' orbits and bundles. To solve this problem, we construct the stratification graphs for the first companion Fiedler linearization of matrix polynomials. Recall that the first companion Fiedler linearization as well as all the Fiedler linearizations is matrix pencils with particular block structures. Moreover, we show that the stratification graphs do not depend on the choice of Fiedler linearization which means that all the spaces of the matrix polynomial Fiedler linearizations have the same geometry (topology). This geometry coincides with the geometry of the space of matrix polynomials. The novel results are illustrated by examples using the software tool StratiGraph extended with associated new functionality.

A novel parallel formulation of Hessenberg-triangular reduction of a regular matrix pair on distributed memory computers is presented. The formulation is based on a sequential cacheblocked algorithm by K degrees agstrom et al. [BIT, 48 (2008), pp. 563 584]. A static scheduling algorithm is proposed that addresses the problem of underutilized processes caused by two-sided updates of matrix pairs based on sequences of rotations. Experiments using up to 961 processes demonstrate that the new formulation is an improvement of the state of the art and also identify factors that limit its scalability.

The reduction of a general dense square matrix to Hessenberg form is a well known first step in many standard eigenvalue solvers. Although parallel algorithms exist, the Hessenberg reduction is one of the bottlenecks in AED, a main part in state-of-the-art software for the distributed multishift QR algorithm. We propose a new NUMA-aware algorithm that fits the context of the QR algorithm and evaluate the sensitivity of its algorithmic parameters. The proposed algorithm is faster than LAPACK for all problem sizes and faster than ScaLAPACK for the relatively small problem sizes typical for AED.

The performance of a recently developed Hessenberg reduction algorithm greatly depends on the values chosen for its tunable parameters. The search space is huge combined with other complications makes the problem hard to solve effectively with generic methods and tools. We describe a modular auto-tuning framework in which the underlying optimization algorithm is easy to substitute. The framework exposes sub-problems of standard auto-tuning type for which existing generic methods can be reused. The outputs of concurrently executing sub-tuners are assembled by the framework into a solution to the original problem.

We investigate the changes of the canonical structure information under small perturbations for a system pencil associated with a (generalized) linear time-invariant state-space system. The equivalence class of the pencil is taken with respect to feedback-injection equivalence transformations. The results allow us to track possible changes of important linear system characteristics under small perturbations.