<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:10pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740  \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US">Hello,</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:10pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740  \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US">I have some questions about pc and mumps_icntl.</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">What’s the difference between adopt
preconditioner by code (for example, PetscCall(PCSetType(pc,PCLU)) and option -pc_type
lu??<br>
And also, What’s the priority between code pcsettype and option -pc_type ??<br>
<br>
</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">When I tried to use METIS in MUMPS,
I adopted metis by option (for example, -mat_mumps_icntl_7 5). In this situation,
it is impossible to use metis without pc_type lu. However, in my case pc type lu
makes the performance poor. So I don’t want to use lu preconditioner. How can I
do this?</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:10pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740  \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US">Hyung Kim</span></p></div>