Iterative algorithms for computing US- and U-eigenpairs of complex tensors

� 2016 Elsevier B.V. This paper is devoted to the computation of US-eigenpairs of complex symmetric tensors and U-eigenpairs of complex tensors. Based on the Takagi factorization of complex symmetric matrices, we derive an iterative algorithm for computing US-eigenpairs of complex symmetric tensors, denoted as QRCST Algorithm. We also observe that multiple US-eigenpairs can be found from a local permutation heuristic, which is effectively a tensor similarity transformation, resulting in the permuted version of QRCST. We then generalize our techniques to general complex tensors. Finally, we derive a higher order power type method for computing a US- or a U-eigenpair, similar to the higher-order power method for computing Z-eigenpairs of real symmetric tensors or a best rank-one approximation of real tensors. We illustrate our algorithms via numerical examples.