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\title{CYCLIC REDUCTION -- HISTORY AND APPLICATIONS}

%\author{Walter Gander\inst{1} and Gene H. Golub\inst{2}}
%\institute{ETH Zurich 
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%Stanford, USA}

\author{Walter Gander \\
ETH Zurich, Switzerland 
\and
Gene H. Golub \\
Stanford, USA}

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We discuss the method of Cyclic Reduction for solving
special systems of linear equations that arise when discretizing
partial differential equations. In connection with parallel
computations the method has become very important. We discuss also
this aspect. 

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Walter Gander
