Select and configure linear solvers for Ax=b systems arising in numerical simulations — choose between direct (LU, Cholesky) and iterative (CG, GMRES, BiCGSTAB, MINRES) methods, analyze sparsity patterns and matrix conditioning, recommend preconditioners (AMG, ILU, IC), apply row/column scaling, and
Select and configure linear solvers for Ax=b systems arising in numerical simulations — choose between direct (LU, Cholesky) and iterative (CG, GMRES, BiCGSTAB, MINRES) methods, analyze sparsity patterns and matrix conditioning, recommend preconditioners (AMG, ILU, IC), apply row/column scaling, and diagnose convergence stagnation from residual histories. Use when setting up a linear solve for FEM