YES, :). <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Raeth, Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PRaeth@hpti.com">PRaeth@hpti.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Signal and Image Processing<br>
High Performance Technologies, Inc<br>
937-904-5147<br>
<a href="mailto:praeth@hpti.com" target="_blank">praeth@hpti.com</a><a></a>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:petsc-users-bounces@mcs.anl.gov" target="_blank">petsc-users-bounces@mcs.anl.gov</a> [<a href="mailto:petsc-users-bounces@mcs.anl.gov" target="_blank">petsc-users-bounces@mcs.anl.gov</a>] on behalf of RenZhengYong [<a href="mailto:renzhengyong@gmail.com" target="_blank">renzhengyong@gmail.com</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 06, 2011 1:18 PM<br>
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<div>Hi, Hamid,<br>
I am also using BEM to solve 3D EM problems.<br>
But I only am using the PETSc on one machine. <br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Zhengyong<br>
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Hello,<br>
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In our research, we solve the diffusion equation PDE using Boundary<br>
Element Method (BEM).<br>
I am trying to parallelize the code we already have and I was<br>
wondering if PETSc is the right tool for us.<br>
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As you know, BEM produces a dense LHS matrix that needs to be solved.<br>
Also due to the size of our problems, populating the entities of the<br>
LHS matrix needs to be done on different processes as it won't fit on<br>
a single process of our cluster.<br>
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So I was wondering if you guys can answer my questions:<br>
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1- Can I use PETSc to build/populate my LHS matrix on different nodes<br>
of a cluster (as opposed to constructing it on a single node and then<br>
distributing it) ?<br>
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2- Are there optimized parallel solvers for dense matrices in PETSc ?<br>
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3- If the answer to question 1 is 'No', can I build my LHS matrix<br>
independent of PETSc and then direct PETSc to solve it for me ?<br>
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thanks in advance,<br>
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Hamid<br>
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Zhengyong Ren<br>
AUG Group, Institute of Geophysics<br>
Department of Geosciences, ETH Zurich<br>
NO H 47 Sonneggstrasse 5<br>
CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland<br>
Tel: +41 44 633 37561<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:zhengyong.ren@aug.ig.erdw.ethz.ch" target="_blank">zhengyong.ren@aug.ig.erdw.ethz.ch</a><br>
Gmail: <a href="mailto:renzhengyong@gmail.com" target="_blank">renzhengyong@gmail.com</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Zhengyong Ren<br>AUG Group, Institute of Geophysics<br>Department of Geosciences, ETH Zurich<br>NO H 47 Sonneggstrasse 5<br>CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland<br>Tel: +41 44 633 37561<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:zhengyong.ren@aug.ig.erdw.ethz.ch">zhengyong.ren@aug.ig.erdw.ethz.ch</a><br>Gmail: <a href="mailto:renzhengyong@gmail.com">renzhengyong@gmail.com</a><br>