Kozlov-Maz'ya iteration as a form of Landweber iteration

Abstract

We consider the alternating method of Kozlov and Maz'ya for solving the Cauchy problem for elliptic boundary-value problems. Considering the case of the Laplacian, we show that this method can be recast as a form of Landweber iteration. In addition to conceptual advantages, this observation leads to some practical improvements. We show how to accelerate Kozlov-Maz'ya iteration using the conjugate gradient algorithm, and we show how to modify the method to obtain a more practical stopping criterion.