[petsc-dev] PETSC application

[David sheehan]

Can you give me any more details about it? thanks.

David

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:20 PM, David sheehan <david.sheehanjr at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> >I mean Ax =b doesn't have A in explicit form, but in expression
>> A=B+C1+C2+...+Cn,
>> >where B is main part of A in an explicit form, C1, C2,... and Cn are
>> small portions
>> >comparing with B and they don't have an explicit form. Thus I want  to
>>  make a
>> >preconditioner from B, then apply the preconditioner to Ax=b. Please tell
>> me how I
>> >can do by PETSC sentences for PETSC solver, thanks.
>>
>> >   call KSPSetOperators(ksp,A,B,......)
>>
>> However, A doesn't have an explicit matrix form, how to call
>> call KSPSetOperators(ksp,A,B,......)
>>
>
> Use MATSHELL for A.
>
>    Matt
>
>
>> ?  thanks.
>>
>> Based on what I thought, once I got preconditioner of B, I am wondering if
>> I can
>> define a special matrix-vector multiplication for A=B+C1+C2+...+Cn from a
>> PETSC
>> sentence, such that it can do following
>> 1) x1=B*x
>> 2) x2=x1+ C1*x, where C1*x is a sequence of matrix-vector multiplications
>> 3) x3= x2+C2*x,......
>> .....
>> 4) xn+1=xn+Cn*x,where Cn*x is a squence of matrix-vector multiplications
>>
>> Then select a KSP iterative method such as GMRES to use the above
>> matrix-vector
>> multiplication and preconditioner that I made from B.
>>
>> Could you please tell me if it is possible? if so (I hope), how can I do
>> it ? thanks.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  On Mar 7, 2010, at 10:57 AM, David sheehan wrote:
>>>
>>>  >First, configure with Hypre .
>>> You mean, configure for the installation of PETSC with hypre? thanks.
>>>
>>>    yes, add --download-hypre
>>>
>>>
>>> >Then -pc_type hypre -pc_hypre_type boomeramg
>>> You mean, without adding any information into code include, just compile
>>> and link
>>> the code, to get an excuteable file, e.g. "a.out", then
>>> a.out -pc_type hypre -pc_hypre_type boomeramg
>>> is it right? thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>    Yes,
>>>
>>>
>>> >I cannot understand exactly what you mean. However, if you want to
>>> create a PC
>>> > based upon a >matrix which is not the system matrix A, you can specify
>>> it in
>>> > KSPSetOperators().
>>>
>>> I mean Ax =b doesn't have A in explicit form, but in expression
>>> A=B+C1+C2+...+Cn,
>>> where B is main part of A in an explicity form, C1, C2,... and Cn are
>>> small portions
>>> comparing with B and they don't have an explicit form. Thus I want  to
>>>  make a
>>> preconditioner from B, then apply the preconditioner to Ax=b. Please tell
>>> me how I
>>> can do by PETSC sentences for PETSC solver, thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>    call KSPSetOperators(ksp,A,B,......)
>>>
>>>    Barry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:49 PM, David sheehan <
>>>> david.sheehanjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I need your helps about PETSC as follows:
>>>>> 1) how can I call boomerAMG of HYPRE through PETSC as a solver and a
>>>>> preconditioner?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> First, configure with Hypre . Then -pc_type hypre -pc_hypre_type
>>>> boomeramg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 2) how can I make a precondioner  from B matrix,  but apply the
>>>>> preconditioner to Ax=b in PETSC?
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I cannot understand exactly what you mean. However, if you want to
>>>> create a PC based upon a matrix
>>>> which is not the system matrix A, you can specify it in
>>>> KSPSetOperators().
>>>>
>>>>   Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>>>> experiments lead.
>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
> experiments lead.
> -- Norbert Wiener
>
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