Resumen
We consider the Helmholtz equation and the fractional Laplacian in the case of the complex-valued unbounded variable coefficient wave number μ" role="presentation" style="position: relative;">??µ
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, approximated by finite differences. In a recent analysis, singular value clustering and eigenvalue clustering have been proposed for a τ" role="presentation" style="position: relative;">??t
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preconditioning when the variable coefficient wave number μ" role="presentation" style="position: relative;">??µ
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is uniformly bounded. Here, we extend the analysis to the unbounded case by focusing on the case of a power singularity. Several numerical experiments concerning the spectral behavior and convergence of the related preconditioned GMRES are presented.