Applied Mathematics LettersVolume 2, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 19-20Rayleigh quotient iteration fails for nonsymmetric matricesAuthor links open overlay panelSteve Batterson 1, John Smillie 2Show moreShareCitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/0893-9659(89)90107-9Get rights and contentUnder an Elsevier user licenseopen archiveAbstractExamples are given of nonsymmetric matrices for which the Rayleigh Quotient Iteration fails to converge to an eigenspace for a large set of initial vectors.Previous article in issueNext article in issueRecommended articlesCited by (0)Copyright © 1989 Published by Elsevier Ltd.