how to inverse a sparse matrix in Petsc?

[Timothy Stitt]

Yes Yujie, I was able to put together a parallel code to invert a large 
sparse matrix with the help of the PETSc developers. If you need any 
help or maybe a Fortran code template just let me know.

Best,

Tim.

Waad Subber wrote:
> Hi
> There was a discussion between Tim Stitt and petsc developers about 
> matrix inversion, and it was really helpful. That was in last Nov. You 
> can check the emails archive
>
> http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/web-mail-archive/lists/petsc-users/2007/11/threads.html
>
> Waad
>
> */Yujie <recrusader at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     what is the difference between sequantial and parallel AIJ matrix?
>     Assuming there is a matrix A, if
>     I partitaion this matrix into A1, A2, Ai... An.
>     A is a parallel AIJ matrix at the whole view, Ai
>     is a sequential AIJ matrix? I want to operate Ai at each node.
>     In addition, whether is it possible to get general inverse using
>     MatMatSolve() if the matrix is not square? Thanks a lot.
>
>     Regards,
>     Yujie
>
>
>     On 2/4/08, *Barry Smith* <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
>
>
>             For sequential AIJ matrices you can fill the B matrix with the
>         identity and then use
>         MatMatSolve().
>
>             Note since the inverse of a sparse matrix is dense the B
>         matrix is
>         a SeqDense matrix.
>
>             Barry
>
>         On Feb 4, 2008, at 12:37 AM, Yujie wrote:
>
>         > Hi,
>         > Now, I want to inverse a sparse matrix. I have browsed the
>         manual,
>         > however, I can't find some information. could you give me
>         some advice?
>         >
>         > thanks a lot.
>         >
>         > Regards,
>         > Yujie
>         >
>
>
>
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