[petsc-users] Elliptic operator with Neumann conditions

[Marco Cisternino]

Thanks Matt,
I'm using KSPFGMRES and I'm sorry but what do you mean with initial residual?
I also force a non-zero initial guess.
Thanks again


Marco Cisternino, PhD
marco.cisternino at optimad.it
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OPTIMAD Engineering srl
Via Giacinto Collegno 18, Torino, Italia.
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Da: Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
Inviato: mercoledì 7 febbraio 2018 18:57:56
A: Marco Cisternino
Cc: petsc-users
Oggetto: Re: [petsc-users] Elliptic operator with Neumann conditions

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 4:43 AM, Marco Cisternino <marco.cisternino at optimad.it<mailto:marco.cisternino at optimad.it>> wrote:
Hi everybody,
I would like to ask what solution is computed if I try to solve the linear system relative to the problem in subject without creating the null space.
I tried with and without the call to
MatNullSpaceCreate(m_communicator, PETSC_TRUE, 0, NULL, &nullspace);
and I get zero averaged solution with and the same solution plus a constant without.
How does PETSc  work in the second case?

It depends on the Krylov method you use and the initial residual. We do not do anything special.

  Thanks,

     Matt

Does it check the matrix singularity? And is it able to create the null space with the constant automatically?
Thanks.


Marco Cisternino, PhD
marco.cisternino at optimad.it<mailto:marco.cisternino at optimad.it>
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OPTIMAD Engineering srl
Via Giacinto Collegno 18, Torino, Italia.
+3901119719782<tel:%2B3901119719782>
www.optimad.it<http://www.optimad.it>




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