A Petrov-Galerkin type method for solving Axk=b, where A is symmetric complex

Discretization of steady-state eddy-current equations may lead to linear system Ax=b in which the complex matrix A is not Hermitian, but may be chosen symmetric. In the positive definite Hermitian case, an iterative algorithm for solving this system can be defined. The residual vectors can be made mutually orthogonal by means of a two-term recursion relation which leads to the well-known conjugate gradient (CG) method. The proposed method is illustrated by comparing it with other methods for some eddy current examples