<div dir="ltr">Yes, I initialize all u_i to 1.0<div><br></div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-09-11 23:37 GMT-05:00 Smith, Barry F. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bsmith@mcs.anl.gov" target="_blank">bsmith@mcs.anl.gov</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Do you start with initial conditions of 0 <= u_i <= 1 ?<br>
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Run with -snes_monitor -snes_converged_reason -ksp_monitor_true_residual -info -snes_linesearch_monitor and send all the output<br>
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Barry<br>
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> On Sep 11, 2018, at 11:33 PM, Josh L <<a href="mailto:ysjosh.lo@gmail.com">ysjosh.lo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> I am using SNES to solve an nonlinear equation f(u), and I know all the u_i should be 0 and 1.<br>
> <br>
> First, I use SNES without constraint, and it converges.<br>
> <br>
> But, If I set <br>
> SNESSetType(snes,<wbr>SNESVINEWTONRSLS,ierr)<br>
> SNESVISetVariableBounds(snes,<wbr>xl,xu,ierr)<br>
> <br>
> where xl and xu is vector, and xl_i=0 and xu_i=1<br>
> <br>
> then SNES fails to converge, because linesearch fails(snes reason = -6), and the norm of residual is not reducing(the norm of incremental solution is reducing)<br>
> <br>
> The reason to add constraint is that I want to implement some irreversibility.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Josh <br>
> <br>
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