[petsc-users] Finite difference approximation of Jacobian

Dave May dave.mayhem23 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 13 13:05:21 CST 2021


On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 19:55, Tang, Qi <tangqi at msu.edu> wrote:

> Matt and Dave,
>
> Thanks, this is consistent with what we found. If Patrick or someone can
> add some basic coloring option with DMStag, that would be very useful for
> our project.
>
>
Colouring only requires the non-zero structure of the matrix.
So actually colouring is supported.
The only thing missing for you is that the matrix returned from
DMCreateMatrix
for DMSTAG does not have a defined non-zero structure.
Once that is set / defined, colouring will just work.

Qi
>
>
>
> On Dec 13, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Dave May <dave.mayhem23 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
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> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 19:29, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 1:16 PM Dave May <dave.mayhem23 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat 11. Dec 2021 at 22:28, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 1:58 PM Tang, Qi <tangqi at msu.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Does anyone have comment on finite difference coloring with DMStag? We
>>>>> are using DMStag and TS to evolve some nonlinear equations implicitly. It
>>>>> would be helpful to have the coloring Jacobian option with that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since DMStag produces the Jacobian connectivity,
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is incorrect.
>>> The DMCreateMatrix implementation for DMSTAG only sets the number of
>>> nonzeros (very inaccurately). It does not insert any zero values and thus
>>> the nonzero structure is actually not defined.
>>> That is why coloring doesn’t work.
>>>
>>
>> Ah, thanks Dave.
>>
>> Okay, we should fix that.It is perfectly possible to compute the nonzero
>> pattern from the DMStag information.
>>
>
> Agreed. The API for DMSTAG is complete enough to enable one to
> loop over the cells, and for all quantities defined on the cell (centre,
> face, vertex),
> insert values into the appropriate slot in the matrix.
> Combined with MATPREALLOCATOR, I believe a compact and readable
> code should be possible to write for the preallocation (cf DMDA).
>
> I think the only caveat with the approach of using all quantities defined
> on the cell is
> It may slightly over allocate depending on how the user wishes to impose
> the boundary condition,
> or slightly over allocate for says Stokes where there is no
> pressure-pressure coupling term.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>
>> Paging Patrick :)
>>
>>   Thanks,
>>
>>     Matt
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> you can use -snes_fd_color_use_mat. It has many options. Here is an
>>>> example of us using that:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/blob/main/src/snes/tutorials/ex19.c#L898
>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/blob/main/src/snes/tutorials/ex19.c*L898__;Iw!!HXCxUKc!h_StfE5Flul2AzB6sJ3ooEa2GBhV-GZ4s8KWEB2soynkpcpilsVmmHUbsYezUA$>
>>>>
>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>      Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Qi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 15, 2021, at 3:07 PM, Jorti, Zakariae via petsc-users <
>>>>> petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the Jacobian approximation using coloring and finite
>>>>> differencing of the function evaluation work in DMStag?
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Zakariae
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>>>> experiments lead.
>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>> experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>
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