[petsc-dev] DMPLEX cannot support two different edges for the same two vertices, hence DMPLEX cannot?

[Barry Smith]

   Matt,

     If DMPlexBuildFromCellListParallel() is called with two edges that have the same two vertices what will happen? It looks like it ends up with an incorrect PetscSF if the two edges are passed on different ranks. Hence the DMPLEX is not valid and produces garbage.

     Neurons can be connected to themselves which seems to be breaking DMPLEX and hence DMNETWORK. 

     Is there anything we can do to support having multiple edges between the same two vertices? If not is there a way we can have DMPlexBuildFromCellListParallel() generate an error automatically if there are such extra edges in the input data.

   Thanks

  Barry

In this work, the neurons are represented by vertices in the network and each synapse is a graph edge.