Nonhermitian systems and pseudospectra
Séminaire Équations aux dérivées partielles (Polytechnique) dit aussi "Séminaire Goulaouic-Schwartz" (2005-2006), Exposé no. 10, 11 p.

Four applications are outlined of pseudospectra of highly nonnormal linear operators.

Trefethen, Lloyd N. 1

1 Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Bldg., Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
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Trefethen, Lloyd N. Nonhermitian systems and pseudospectra. Séminaire Équations aux dérivées partielles (Polytechnique) dit aussi "Séminaire Goulaouic-Schwartz" (2005-2006), Exposé no. 10, 11 p. http://www.numdam.org/item/SEDP_2005-2006____A10_0/

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