[petsc-users] dmda and vec distribution

[Jed Brown]

Gideon Simpson <gideon.simpson at gmail.com> writes:
>>    When you create DMDA objects with all other arguments the same
>>    except the dof they are guaranteed to have the same parallel
>>    distribution.
>> 
>
> This is somehow enforced as soon as PetscInitialize is called?

It has nothing to do with PetscInitialize.  The algorithm to choose a
partition does not look at dof, so it is guaranteed to be the same.
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