Refining and verifying the solution of a linear system

International audienceThe problem considered here is to refine an approximate, numerical, solution of a linear system and simultaneously give an enclosure of the error between this approximate solution and the exact one: this is the verification step. Desirable properties for an algorithm solving this problem are accuracy of the results, complexity and performance of the actual implementation. A new algorithm is given, which has been designed with these desirable properties in mind. It is based on iterative refinement for accuracy, with well-chosen computing precisions, and uses interval arithmetic for verification