The problem is that TAO can not provide the support for complex scalars.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Jesse Lu <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jesselu@stanford.edu">jesselu@stanford.edu</a>&gt;</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;">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Does anyone know a way interfacing PETSc with TAO using complex scalars? If not, can you recommend alternatives for solving nonlinear optimization problems involving complex numbers? Thanks!</div>
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<br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Jesse</div>
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