[petsc-users] Matrix Decomposition

[Matthew Knepley]

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 7:35 AM Eda Oktay via petsc-users <
petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to divide a matrix into unequal sized parts into different
> processors (for example I want to divide 10*10 matrix into 4*4 and 6*6
> submatrix in two processors). When my program reads a matrix from file, it
> automatically divides it into equal parts and then I can't change local
> sizes.
>
> How can I decompose a matrix that is read from a file?
>

MatLoad() takes a matrix argument. I believe you can use MatSetSizes()
before loading to get the distribution you want.

   Matt


> Thanks,
>
> Eda
>


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