You can use -pc_type lu -ksp_type preonly. There are also third-party<br>
packages like MUMPS which you can install automatically with configure.<br>
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Matt<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/20/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:buket@be.itu.edu.tr">buket@be.itu.edu.tr</a></b> <<a href="mailto:buket@be.itu.edu.tr">buket@be.itu.edu.tr</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello again,<br><br>I want to compare the iterative methods with direct methods in terms of time.
<br>What functions can I use for direct solution?<br><br>Best Regards,<br>Buket Benek<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"Failure has a thousand explanations. Success doesn't need one" -- Sir Alec Guiness