Question

Write note on Ladder and Cyclic Methods.

Answer 1

Cyclic reduction is a numerical method for solving large linear systems by repeatedly splitting the problem. Each step eliminates even or odd rows and columns of a matrix and remains in a similar form. The elimination step is relatively expensive but splitting the problem allows parallel computation.

Answer 2

Note on Ladder and Cyclic Methods are as follows:

• Via systems of challenges, the ladder method proceeds.
• In this tournament, on ladder if there is a player above them, they can challenge them.
• There are four teams in cyclic methods of league tournament.
• In this, one team is fixed when other teams move in clockwise manner. There will be no bye if the team number is even.