Abstract
Let A be a real symmetric positive definite n × n matrix and b a real column n-veetor. The problem of finding n-vectors x and y such that Ax = b + y, xTy = 0, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0, occurs when the method of Christopherson is used to solve free boundary problems for journal bearings. In this case A is a ‘ finite difference ’ matrix. We present a direct method for solving the above problem by solving a number of linear systems Akx = bk. Each system can be solved using one of the recently developed fast direct or iterative procedures. We consider the solution by factorization techniques.

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