[petsc-dev] MatProduct_AtB --with-scalar-type=complex

[Barry Smith]

  Can you confirm if MatTransposeMatMultSymbolic_SeqAIJ_SeqAIJ() ends up being called for you and what path it takes inside that routine (depends) on the algorithm it is using. 



> On Jul 14, 2022, at 4:30 PM, Pierre Jolivet <pierre at joliv.et> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> In the following example, the SeqAIJ implementation of MatProduct_AtB produce a different (and wrong) result, compared to the SeqDense implementation or MATLAB.
> I want to compute B = A^H A (where ^H is the Hermitian transpose).
> So I create a MatProduct with A and A.
> Duplicate A into another Mat which I conjugate.
> And I replace the first Mat of the product with this conjugate.
> I expect to get the proper result, which I don’t.
> Is the MatProduct_AtB implementation in the complex case not computing A^T B (where ^T is the transpose)? 
> For reference, here is how to properly compute A^H A with current main: conj(A^H conj(A)) — so it requires an extra MatConjugate I’d like to avoid.
> 
> Thanks,
> Pierre
> 
> <ex1111.c>
> 
> $ ./ex1111 -product_view ::ascii_matlab -A_view ::ascii_matlab -convert false               
> %Mat Object: 1 MPI process
> %  type: seqdense
> % Size = 2 2 
> Mat_0xc4000001_0 = zeros(2,2);
> Mat_0xc4000001_0 = [
> 7.2003197397953400e-01 + 6.1793966542126100e-02i 3.9777780919128602e-01 + 7.3036588248200474e-02i 
> 1.0022337819588500e-02 + 1.4463931936456476e-01i 1.0386628927366459e-01 + 2.5078039364333193e-01i 
> ];
> %Mat Object: 1 MPI process
> %  type: seqdense
> % Size = 2 2 
> Mat_0xc4000001_1 = zeros(2,2);
> Mat_0xc4000001_1 = [
> 5.4328551781548817e-01 + 0.0000000000000000e+00i 3.2823965013353340e-01 + 1.5498666614872689e-02i 
> 3.2823965013353340e-01 + -1.5498666614872689e-02i 2.3724054059134142e-01 + 0.0000000000000000e+00i 
> ];
> 
> $ ./ex1111 -product_view ::ascii_matlab -convert true                       
> %Mat Object: 1 MPI process
> %  type: seqaij
> % Size = 2 2 
> % Nonzeros = 4 
> zzz = zeros(4,4);
> zzz = [
> 1 1  4.9380746380098023e-01 9.1886511660038694e-02
> 1 2  2.4666779825931440e-01 9.4705502650537468e-02
> 2 1  2.4666779825931440e-01 9.4705502650537468e-02
> 2 2  1.0079024247365802e-01 1.1019992594899400e-01
> ];
> Mat_0xc4000001_0 = spconvert(zzz);
> 
> $ ./ex1111 -product_view ::ascii_matlab -convert true -correct true
> %Mat Object: 1 MPI process
> %  type: seqaij
> % Size = 2 2 
> % Nonzeros = 4 
> zzz = zeros(4,4);
> zzz = [
> 1 1  5.4328551781548828e-01 -0.0000000000000000e+00
> 1 2  3.2823965013353340e-01 1.5498666614872696e-02
> 2 1  3.2823965013353340e-01 -1.5498666614872696e-02
> 2 2  2.3724054059134142e-01 -0.0000000000000000e+00
> ];
> Mat_0xc4000001_0 = spconvert(zzz);
> 
> <Screenshot 2022-07-14 at 10.12.53 PM.png>