<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:31 AM, Buesing, Henrik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hbuesing@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de" target="_blank">hbuesing@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I would like to use the matrix-free feature from PETSc, but I do not want to use finite differences to calculate J*u but automatic differentiation (AD). Since I do not want to live totally without preconditioning, I want to build important parts of the Jacobian
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As I understand it, I would create a Shell-Matrix A and associate my UserMult function with it. This uses my AD Jacobian J and computes J*u without actually forming J. Then I will create a different matrix P, which will hold a partly assembled Jacobian for
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My FormJacobian function then takes this Shell-Matrix as Amat and my preconditioning matrix P as Pmat. Within FormJacobian I build the matrix Pmat, which holds parts of my Jacobian.
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Does this make sense? Is this the way how I am supposed to do it? Do UserMult and FormJacobian function do the right things?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, this is the intended use.</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;font-size:10pt">
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Henrik<br>
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Dipl.-Math. Henrik Büsing<br>
Applied Geophysics and Geothermal Energy<br>
E.ON Energy Research Center<br>
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