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    <p>Hi Matthew,</p>
    <p>the smallest mesh which crashes the code is a 2x5 mesh:</p>
    <p><img src="cid:part1.D319DB9D.5F4D0A92@giref.ulaval.ca" alt=""></p>
    <p>See the modified ex44.c</p>
    <p>With smaller meshes(2x2, 2x4, etc), it passes...  But it bugs
      latter when I try to use DMPlexNaturalToGlobalBegin but let's keep
      that other problem for later...</p>
    <p>Thanks a lot for helping digging into this! :)</p>
    <p>Eric</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2021-10-26 4:35 p.m., Matthew
      Knepley wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 1:35 PM Eric Chamberland
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              <p>Here is a screenshot of the partition I hard coded
                (top) and vertices/element numbers (down):<br>
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              <p><img src="cid:part3.5CF818EE.7DAB553F@giref.ulaval.ca"
                  alt="" class=""></p>
              <p>I have not yet modified the ex44.c example to properly
                assign the coordinates... <br>
              </p>
              <p>(but I would not have done it like it is in the last
                version because the sCoords array is the global array
                with global vertices number)</p>
              <p>I will have time to do this tomorrow...</p>
              <p>Maybe I can first try to reproduce all this with a
                smaller mesh?<br>
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          <div>That might make it easier to find a problem.</div>
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          <div>  Thanks!</div>
          <div><br>
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          <div>     Matt</div>
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              <p> </p>
              <p>Eric<br>
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              <div>On 2021-10-26 9:46 a.m., Matthew Knepley wrote:<br>
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                <div dir="ltr">Okay, I ran it. Something seems off with
                  the mesh. First, I cannot simply explain the
                  partition. The number of shared vertices and edges
                  <div>does not seem to come from a straight cut.
                    Second, the mesh look scrambled on output.</div>
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                  <div>  Thanks,</div>
                  <div><br>
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                  <div>    Matt</div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 24, 2021
                    at 11:49 PM Eric Chamberland <<a
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                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Eric.Chamberland@giref.ulaval.ca</a>>
                    wrote:<br>
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                      <p>Hi Matthew,</p>
                      <p>ok, I started back from your ex44.c example and
                        added the global array of coordinates.  I just
                        have to code the creation of the local
                        coordinates now.</p>
                      <p>Eric<br>
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                      <div>On 2021-10-20 6:55 p.m., Matthew Knepley
                        wrote:<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:06 PM
                            Eric Chamberland <<a
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                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Eric.Chamberland@giref.ulaval.ca</a>>
                            wrote:<br>
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                                <p>Hi Matthew,</p>
                                <p>we tried to reproduce the error in a
                                  simple example.</p>
                                <p>The context is the following: We hard
                                  coded the mesh and initial partition
                                  into the code (see sConnectivity and
                                  sInitialPartition) for 2 ranks and try
                                  to create a section in order to use
                                  the DMPlexNaturalToGlobalBegin
                                  function to retreive our initial
                                  element numbers.</p>
                                <p>Now the call to DMPlexDistribute give
                                  different errors depending on what
                                  type of component we ask the field to
                                  be created.  For our objective, we
                                  would like a global field to be
                                  created on elements only (like a P0
                                  interpolation).<br>
                                </p>
                                <p>We now have the following error
                                  generated:</p>
                                <p>[0]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------
                                  Error Message
                                  --------------------------------------------------------------<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc has generated
                                  inconsistent data<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: Inconsistency in
                                  indices, 18 should be 17<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: See <a
                                    href="https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html</a>
                                  for trouble shooting.<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version
                                  3.15.0, Mar 30, 2021 <br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: ./bug on a  named
                                  rohan by ericc Wed Oct 20 14:52:36
                                  2021<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options
                                  --prefix=/opt/petsc-3.15.0_debug_openmpi-4.1.0_gcc7
                                  --with-mpi-compilers=1
                                  --with-mpi-dir=/opt/openmpi-4.1.0_gcc7
                                  --with-cxx-dialect=C++14
                                  --with-make-np=12
                                  --with-shared-libraries=1
                                  --with-debugging=yes
                                  --with-memalign=64 --with-visibility=0
                                  --with-64-bit-indices=0
                                  --download-ml=yes --download-mumps=yes
                                  --download-superlu=yes
                                  --download-hpddm=yes
                                  --download-slepc=yes
                                  --download-superlu_dist=yes
                                  --download-parmetis=yes
                                  --download-ptscotch=yes
                                  --download-metis=yes
                                  --download-strumpack=yes
                                  --download-suitesparse=yes
                                  --download-hypre=yes
--with-blaslapack-dir=/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2021.1.1/env/../lib/intel64
--with-mkl_pardiso-dir=/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2021.1.1/env/..
                                  --with-mkl_cpardiso-dir=/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2021.1.1/env/..
                                  --with-scalapack=1
                                  --with-scalapack-include=/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2021.1.1/env/../include
--with-scalapack-lib="-L/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2021.1.1/env/../lib/intel64
                                  -lmkl_scalapack_lp64
                                  -lmkl_blacs_openmpi_lp64"<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: #1
                                  PetscSFCreateSectionSF() at
                                  /tmp/ompi-opt/petsc-3.15.0-debug/src/vec/is/sf/utils/sfutils.c:409<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: #2
                                  DMPlexCreateGlobalToNaturalSF() at
                                  /tmp/ompi-opt/petsc-3.15.0-debug/src/dm/impls/plex/plexnatural.c:184<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: #3 DMPlexDistribute()
                                  at
                                  /tmp/ompi-opt/petsc-3.15.0-debug/src/dm/impls/plex/plexdistribute.c:1733<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: #4 main() at
                                  bug_section.cc:159<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: No PETSc Option Table
                                  entries<br>
                                  [0]PETSC ERROR: ----------------End of
                                  Error Message -------send entire error
                                  message to <a
                                    href="mailto:petsc-maint@mcs.anl.gov"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">petsc-maint@mcs.anl.gov</a>----------<br>
                                  <br>
                                </p>
                                <p>Hope the attached code is
                                  self-explaining, note that to make it
                                  short, we have not included the final
                                  part of it, just the buggy part we are
                                  encountering right now...</p>
                                <p>Thanks for your insights,</p>
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                            <div>Thanks for making the example. I
                              tweaked it slightly. I put in a test case
                              that just makes a parallel 7 x 10 quad
                              mesh. This works</div>
                            <div>fine. Thus I think it must be something
                              connected with the original mesh. It is
                              hard to get a handle on it without the
                              coordinates.</div>
                            <div>Do you think you could put the
                              coordinate array in? I have added the code
                              to load them (see attached file).</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>  Thanks,</div>
                            <div><br>
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                            <div>     Matt </div>
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                                <p>Eric<br>
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                                <div>On 2021-10-06 9:23 p.m., Matthew
                                  Knepley wrote:<br>
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                                    <div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 6, 2021
                                      at 5:43 PM Eric Chamberland <<a
href="mailto:Eric.Chamberland@giref.ulaval.ca" target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true">Eric.Chamberland@giref.ulaval.ca</a>>
                                      wrote:<br>
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                                          <p>Hi Matthew,</p>
                                          <p>we tried to use that.  Now,
                                            we discovered that:</p>
                                          <p>1- even if we "ask" for
                                            sfNatural creation with
                                            DMSetUseNatural, it is not
                                            created because
                                            DMPlexCreateGlobalToNaturalSF
                                            looks for a "section": this
                                            is not documented in
                                            DMSetUseNaturalso we are
                                            asking ourselfs: "is this a
                                            permanent feature or a
                                            temporary situation?"<br>
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                                      <div>I think explaining this will
                                        help clear up a lot.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>What the Natural2Global map
                                        does is permute a solution
                                        vector into the ordering that it
                                        would have had prior to mesh
                                        distribution.</div>
                                      <div>Now, in order to do this
                                        permutation, I need to know the
                                        original (global) data layout.
                                        If it is not specified _before_
                                        distribution, we</div>
                                      <div>cannot build the
                                        permutation.  The section
                                        describes the data layout, so I
                                        need it before distribution.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>I cannot think of another way
                                        that you would implement this,
                                        but if you want something else,
                                        let me know.</div>
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                                          <p>2- We then tried to create
                                            a "section" in different
                                            manners: we took the code
                                            into the example
                                            petsc/src/dm/impls/plex/tests/ex15.c. 
                                            However, we ended up with a
                                            segfault:</p>
                                          <p>corrupted size vs.
                                            prev_size<br>
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                                      <div>I am not sure what happened
                                        here, but if you could send a
                                        sample code, I will figure it
                                        out. </div>
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                                          <p>If we do not create a
                                            section, the call to
                                            DMPlexDistribute is
                                            successful, but
                                            DMPlexGetGlobalToNaturalSF
                                            return a null SF pointer...<br>
                                          </p>
                                        </div>
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                                      <div>Yes, it just ignores it in
                                        this case because it does not
                                        have a global layout. </div>
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                                          <p> </p>
                                          <p>Here are the operations we
                                            are calling ( this is almost
                                            the code we are using, I
                                            just removed verifications
                                            and creation of the
                                            connectivity which use our
                                            parallel structure and
                                            code):<br>
                                          </p>
                                          <p>===========</p>
                                          <p>  PetscInt* lCells      =
                                            0;<br>
                                              PetscInt  lNumCorners = 0;<br>
                                              PetscInt  lDimMail    = 0;<br>
                                              PetscInt  lnumCells   = 0;<br>
                                            <br>
                                              //At this point we create
                                            the cells for PETSc expected
                                            input for
                                            DMPlexBuildFromCellListParallel
                                            and set lNumCorners,
                                            lDimMail and lnumCells to
                                            correct values.<br>
                                              ...<br>
                                              <br>
                                              DM       lDMBete = 0<br>
                                             
                                            DMPlexCreate(lMPIComm,&lDMBete);<br>
                                            <br>
                                              DMSetDimension(lDMBete,
                                            lDimMail);<br>
                                            <br>
                                             
                                            DMPlexBuildFromCellListParallel(lDMBete,<br>
                                  lnumCells,<br>
                                  PETSC_DECIDE,<br>
                                 
                                            pLectureElementsLocaux.reqNbTotalSommets(),<br>
                                  lNumCorners,<br>
                                  lCells,<br>
                                  PETSC_NULL);<br>
                                            <br>
                                              DM lDMBeteInterp = 0;<br>
                                              DMPlexInterpolate(lDMBete,
                                            &lDMBeteInterp);<br>
                                              DMDestroy(&lDMBete);<br>
                                              lDMBete = lDMBeteInterp;<br>
                                            <br>
                                             
                                            DMSetUseNatural(lDMBete,PETSC_TRUE);<br>
                                            <br>
                                              PetscSF
                                            lSFMigrationSansOvl = 0;<br>
                                              PetscSF lSFMigrationOvl =
                                            0;<br>
                                              DM lDMDistribueSansOvl =
                                            0;<br>
                                              DM lDMAvecOverlap = 0;<br>
                                            <br>
                                              PetscPartitioner lPart;<br>
                                             
                                            DMPlexGetPartitioner(lDMBete,
                                            &lPart);<br>
                                             
                                            PetscPartitionerSetFromOptions(lPart);<br>
                                            <br>
                                              PetscSection   section;<br>
                                              PetscInt       numFields  
                                            = 1;<br>
                                              PetscInt       numBC      
                                            = 0;<br>
                                              PetscInt       numComp[1] 
                                            = {1};<br>
                                              PetscInt       numDof[4]  
                                            = {1, 0, 0, 0};<br>
                                              PetscInt       bcFields[1]
                                            = {0};<br>
                                              IS             bcPoints[1]
                                            = {NULL};<br>
                                            <br>
                                              DMSetNumFields(lDMBete,
                                            numFields);<br>
                                            <br>
                                             
                                            DMPlexCreateSection(lDMBete,
                                            NULL, numComp, numDof,
                                            numBC, bcFields, bcPoints,
                                            NULL, NULL, &section);<br>
                                              DMSetLocalSection(lDMBete,
                                            section);<br>
                                            <br>
                                              DMPlexDistribute(lDMBete,
                                            0, &lSFMigrationSansOvl,
                                            &lDMDistribueSansOvl);
                                            // segfault!<br>
                                          </p>
                                          <p>===========<br>
                                          </p>
                                          <p>So we have other
                                            question/remarks:</p>
                                          <p>3- Maybe PETSc expect
                                            something specific that is
                                            missing/not verified: for
                                            example, we didn't gave any
                                            coordinates since we just
                                            want to partition and
                                            compute overlap for the
                                            mesh... and then recover our
                                            element numbers in a "simple
                                            way"</p>
                                          <p>4- We are telling ourselves
                                            it is somewhat a "big price
                                            to pay" to have to build an
                                            unused section to have the
                                            global to natural ordering
                                            set ?  Could this
                                            requirement be avoided?</p>
                                        </div>
                                      </blockquote>
                                      <div>I don't think so. There would
                                        have to be _some_ way of
                                        describing your data layout in
                                        terms of mesh points, and I do
                                        not see how you could use less
                                        memory doing that. </div>
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                                          <p>5- Are there any
                                            improvement towards our
                                            usages in 3.16 release?</p>
                                        </div>
                                      </blockquote>
                                      <div>Let me try and run the code
                                        above.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>  Thanks,</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>     Matt </div>
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                                          <p>Thanks,</p>
                                          <p>Eric</p>
                                          <p><br>
                                          </p>
                                          <div>On 2021-09-29 7:39 p.m.,
                                            Matthew Knepley wrote:<br>
                                          </div>
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                                              <div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep
                                                29, 2021 at 5:18 PM Eric
                                                Chamberland <<a
                                                  href="mailto:Eric.Chamberland@giref.ulaval.ca"
                                                  target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">Eric.Chamberland@giref.ulaval.ca</a>>
                                                wrote:<br>
                                              </div>
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                                                <blockquote
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                                                  rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  I come back with
                                                  _almost_ the original
                                                  question:<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  I would like to add an
                                                  integer information
                                                  (*our* original
                                                  element <br>
                                                  number, not petsc one)
                                                  on each element of the
                                                  DMPlex I create with <br>
DMPlexBuildFromCellListParallel.<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  I would like this
                                                  interger to be
                                                  distribruted by or the
                                                  same way <br>
                                                  DMPlexDistribute
                                                  distribute the mesh.<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Is it possible to do
                                                  this?<br>
                                                </blockquote>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>I think we already
                                                  have support for what
                                                  you want. If you call</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>  <a
                                                    href="https://petsc.org/main/docs/manualpages/DM/DMSetUseNatural.html"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://petsc.org/main/docs/manualpages/DM/DMSetUseNatural.html</a></div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>before
                                                  DMPlexDistribute(), it
                                                  will compute a PetscSF
                                                  encoding the global to
                                                  natural map. You</div>
                                                <div>can get it with</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>  <a
href="https://petsc.org/main/docs/manualpages/DMPLEX/DMPlexGetGlobalToNaturalSF.html"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://petsc.org/main/docs/manualpages/DMPLEX/DMPlexGetGlobalToNaturalSF.html</a></div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>and use it with</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>  <a
href="https://petsc.org/main/docs/manualpages/DMPLEX/DMPlexGlobalToNaturalBegin.html"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://petsc.org/main/docs/manualpages/DMPLEX/DMPlexGlobalToNaturalBegin.html</a></div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>Is this sufficient?</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>  Thanks,</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>     Matt</div>
                                                <div> </div>
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                                                  Thanks,<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Eric<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  On 2021-07-14 1:18
                                                  p.m., Eric Chamberland
                                                  wrote:<br>
                                                  > Hi,<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > I want to use
                                                  DMPlexDistribute from
                                                  PETSc for computing
                                                  overlapping <br>
                                                  > and play with the
                                                  different partitioners
                                                  supported.<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > However, after
                                                  calling
                                                  DMPlexDistribute, I
                                                  noticed the elements
                                                  are <br>
                                                  > renumbered and
                                                  then the original
                                                  number is lost.<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > What would be the
                                                  best way to keep track
                                                  of the element
                                                  renumbering?<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > a) Adding an
                                                  optional parameter to
                                                  let the user retrieve
                                                  a vector or <br>
                                                  > "IS" giving the
                                                  old number?<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > b) Adding a
                                                  DMLabel (seems a wrong
                                                  good solution)<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > c) Other idea?<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > Of course, I
                                                  don't want to loose
                                                  performances with the
                                                  need of this <br>
                                                  > "mapping"...<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > Thanks,<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  > Eric<br>
                                                  ><br>
                                                  -- <br>
                                                  Eric Chamberland,
                                                  ing., M. Ing<br>
                                                  Professionnel de
                                                  recherche<br>
                                                  GIREF/Université Laval<br>
                                                  (418) 656-2131 poste
                                                  41 22 42<br>
                                                  <br>
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                                              <br clear="all">
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              -- <br>
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                                                      <div>
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                                                          <div>What most
                                                          experimenters
                                                          take for
                                                          granted before
                                                          they begin
                                                          their
                                                          experiments is
                                                          infinitely
                                                          more
                                                          interesting
                                                          than any
                                                          results to
                                                          which their
                                                          experiments
                                                          lead.<br>
                                                          -- Norbert
                                                          Wiener</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div><a
                                                          href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/</a><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                        </div>
                                                      </div>
                                                    </div>
                                                  </div>
                                                </div>
                                              </div>
                                            </div>
                                          </blockquote>
                                          <pre cols="72">-- 
Eric Chamberland, ing., M. Ing
Professionnel de recherche
GIREF/Université Laval
(418) 656-2131 poste 41 22 42</pre>
                                        </div>
                                      </blockquote>
                                    </div>
                                    <br clear="all">
                                    <div><br>
                                    </div>
                                    -- <br>
                                    <div dir="ltr">
                                      <div dir="ltr">
                                        <div>
                                          <div dir="ltr">
                                            <div>
                                              <div dir="ltr">
                                                <div>What most
                                                  experimenters take for
                                                  granted before they
                                                  begin their
                                                  experiments is
                                                  infinitely more
                                                  interesting than any
                                                  results to which their
                                                  experiments lead.<br>
                                                  -- Norbert Wiener</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div><a
                                                    href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/</a><br>
                                                </div>
                                              </div>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                        </div>
                                      </div>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
                                </blockquote>
                                <pre cols="72">-- 
Eric Chamberland, ing., M. Ing
Professionnel de recherche
GIREF/Université Laval
(418) 656-2131 poste 41 22 42</pre>
                              </div>
                            </blockquote>
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                          <br clear="all">
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          -- <br>
                          <div dir="ltr">
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                              <div>
                                <div dir="ltr">
                                  <div>
                                    <div dir="ltr">
                                      <div>What most experimenters take
                                        for granted before they begin
                                        their experiments is infinitely
                                        more interesting than any
                                        results to which their
                                        experiments lead.<br>
                                        -- Norbert Wiener</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div><a
                                          href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/"
                                          target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/</a><br>
                                      </div>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
                                </div>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                      </blockquote>
                      <pre cols="72">-- 
Eric Chamberland, ing., M. Ing
Professionnel de recherche
GIREF/Université Laval
(418) 656-2131 poste 41 22 42</pre>
                    </div>
                  </blockquote>
                </div>
                <br clear="all">
                <div><br>
                </div>
                -- <br>
                <div dir="ltr">
                  <div dir="ltr">
                    <div>
                      <div dir="ltr">
                        <div>
                          <div dir="ltr">
                            <div>What most experimenters take for
                              granted before they begin their
                              experiments is infinitely more interesting
                              than any results to which their
                              experiments lead.<br>
                              -- Norbert Wiener</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div><a
                                href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/</a><br>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </blockquote>
              <pre cols="72">-- 
Eric Chamberland, ing., M. Ing
Professionnel de recherche
GIREF/Université Laval
(418) 656-2131 poste 41 22 42</pre>
            </div>
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        <div><br>
        </div>
        -- <br>
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          <div dir="ltr">
            <div>
              <div dir="ltr">
                <div>
                  <div dir="ltr">
                    <div>What most experimenters take for granted before
                      they begin their experiments is infinitely more
                      interesting than any results to which their
                      experiments lead.<br>
                      -- Norbert Wiener</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><a href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/</a><br>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Eric Chamberland, ing., M. Ing
Professionnel de recherche
GIREF/Université Laval
(418) 656-2131 poste 41 22 42</pre>
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