[petsc-users] PETSc random number generator

[Barry Smith]

> On Sep 3, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Xujun Zhao <xzhao99 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I need random Vectors with both Gaussian distribution and uniform distribution. I notice that PETSc has VecSetRandom() function. I am curious what types of distribution this function can generate. Thank you for your answer.

  Currently we have only uniform.

  I recommend using another library for the Gaussian and using VecGetArray() plus VecGetLocalSize() to loop over local entries putting in your random numbers.

   Barry

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> Xujun