[petsc-users] petsc4py - Change default line search for SNES Newton Line Search

[Lisandro Dalcin]

On 12 July 2016 at 16:37, Hensgens, Marius
<marius.hensgens at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> how can I change the used line search method after setting the SNES Type to
> 'newtonls' using petsc4py ?
>

Right now, you can either use the command line or programatically
insert an option in the database

opts = PETSc.Options()
opts['snes_linesearch_type'] = lstype
...
snes.setFromOptions()

> In the official PETSc documentation there is a function called
> SNESLineSearchSetType, however in petsc4py I can't find an equivalent
> function.

The SNESLineSearch type and related routines are not wrapped yet.


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