 Convergence of fixed-shift inverse iteration (source code)

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= Convergence of fixed-shift inverse iteration

If $A$ is real symmetric, $s$ is not an eigenvalue, one eigenvalue $\lambda_*$ is uniquely closest to $s$, and the initial vector has a nonzero component in its eigenspace, fixed-shift inverse iteration converges to that eigenspace. Its asymptotic direction-error ratio is
$$
\frac{|\lambda_*-s|}{|\lambda_{\rm next}-s|},
$$
where $\lambda_{\rm next}$ is second closest to $s$.

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