[petsc-users] Getting unsupported type message from MatCholeskyFactor

[Hong]

Alp :

> I have tested seqaij and mpiaij types but still getting unspoorted type
> error from MatCholeskyFactor function. Should I activate an external
> packege like SuperLU ?
>

Petsc only supports sequential  Cholesky. You must use MUMPS for parallel
Cholesky.
SuperLU is a sequential; SuperLU_DIST supports parallel LU, not Cholesky.

Hong
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