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Stability of fast algorithms for matrix multiplication

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Non commutative fast algorithms to compute 2×2 matrix product are classified with regard to stability. An analysis of the rounding error propagation is presented for then×n matrix multiplication algorithms obtained by recursive partitioning.

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Bini, D., Lotti, G. Stability of fast algorithms for matrix multiplication. Numer. Math. 36, 63–72 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395989

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