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Broyden's backward error analysis technique is applied to evaluate the numerical stability of the ABS class of methods for solving linear systems.
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Part of this work was done during a stage at the University of Bergamo supported by CNR (Programma Professori Visitatori).
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Galantai, A. Analysis of error propagation in the ABS class for linear systems. Ann Inst Stat Math 43, 597–603 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053375
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