[petsc-users] About DIVERGED_ITS

[Matthew Knepley]

On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM, w_ang_temp <w_ang_temp at 163.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>     I am a little puzzled that I get the right result while the converged
> reason says that 'Linear solve did not
>
> converge due to DIVERGED_ITS iterations 10000'. This infomation means that
> the iterations reach the maximum
>
> iterations. But the result is right now. So why says 'did not converge'?
> Can I think that the result is right and
>
> can be used?
>

Obviously, your definition of "right" is not the same as the convergence
tolerances you are using.

    Matt


>
>     Thanks.
>
>                                             Jim
>
>
>


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What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
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experiments lead.
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