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Which of these direct methods is suitable only for banded matrices?(a) Gauss elimination(b) LU decomposition(c) PDMA(d) LU decomposition by Gauss eliminationI got this question in final exam.This interesting question is from Numerical Methods in section Numerical Methods of Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Correct choice is (c) PDMA

Easy explanation: PDMA stands for Penta-Diagonal MATRIX Algorithm. This is used for solving a Penta-diagonal matrix which has non-zero elements only in its MAIN diagonal and TWO DIAGONALS above and below it. A Penta-diagonal matrix is a sparse (fewer non-zero elements) banded matrix.



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