[petsc-users] How to turn off preconditioner in PETSC?

[Matthew Knepley]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 3:35 AM, 我 <dayedut123 at 163.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I want to compare the time cost between preconditioner and
> unpreconditioner in PETSc. But I didn't know how to turn off the
> preconditioner in Petsc. If I choose the PCNONE, but the solution even can
> not converge.
>

That is how you turn off a preconditioner, -pc_type none. Without a
preconditioner, almost nothing converges. You can't have it both ways.

  Thanks,

     Matt


> If I do not declare PC at the beginning of my program, will PETSc choose a
> default preconditioner? I just want to turn off it. Any suggestions?
> Thank you very much!
> Daye
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