Hi,<br>
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I am solving a version of the Grad-Shafranov equation, F(x)=0, which but for some extra spatial dependences is similar in form to the 2D Bratu equation in snes/examples/tutorials/ex5.c. I started with the ex5.c code, introducing just enough changes to model the new system. The analytic Jacobian function appears to be correct, with a Norm of matrix ratio <
1.e9 (found using -snes_type test).<br><br>The problem I am having is that in most cases the SNES solver does not converge to a solution x of F(x)=0. Rather, what happens is that the fnorm (obtained in a monitor function) converges to some large non-zero value, and F(x) seems to get "stuck",
i.e. it converges to a large non-zero result. Even though it is clearly not a solution, the -snes_converged_reason is reported as "Nonlinear solve converged due to CONVERGED_TR_DELTA". The intermediate KSP steps have -ksp_converged_reason reported as "Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_STEP_LENGTH". I have been typically running with parameters -da_grid_x 100 -da_grid_y 101 -snes_converged_reason -ksp_converged_reason -snes_type tr -ksp_type gmres -snes_max_it 100.
<br><br>Does this sound like a familiar scenario with a familiar solution? Or can anyone point me to some documentation that describes the SNES tr and ls parameters in more detail than the manual.pdf?<br>Or can anyone recommend the best SNES and KSP parameters for the Bratu example?
<br><br>Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Sean Dettrick<br>