<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 4:34 AM Ye Changqing <<a href="mailto:Ye_Changqing@outlook.com">Ye_Changqing@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Dear all,</div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
I have a linear system constructed from discretizing a Neumann boundary value problem, and I want to solve it with a direct solver (to build up my own preconditioner). Usually, KSP returns a good solution without '-inf', while sometimes it fails. I referred
to the corresponding chapter in the manual and found options '-pc_factor_shift_type' and '-pc_factor_shift_amount'. Could I use those options in my codes rather than runtime? </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes. Those change the problem to be non-singular and then solve it. Is that what you want?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Moreover, In my case, the program did not throw an error or warning due to '-inf'
in the solution, I also wondered how to check the solution is 'good'?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As Jose says, are you checking for non-convergence?</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Thanks,</div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Changqing </div>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><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">https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>