[petsc-users] Issue using multi-grid as a pre-conditioner with KSP for a Poisson problem

Mark Adams mfadams at lbl.gov
Sun Jul 9 07:05:51 CDT 2017


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> What are the differences between gamg and mg with -pc_mg_galerkin option
> (apart from the default smoother/coarse grid solver options, which I
> identified by comparing the ksp_view output)? Perhaps there’s an issue with
> the restriction, as you suggest?
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Not sure if this got answered. GAMG is for unstructured problems. A "pure"
AMG method.

mg with -pc_mg_galerkin is semi-AMG, it still has geometric interpolation,
and it is generally better if you can use it.
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