[petsc-users] Modifying Entries Tied to Specific Points in Finite Element Stiffness Matrix using DMPlex

[Hongrui Yu]

Thank you for your reply! Unfortunately yes.. I’ll need to modify stiffness between nodes on the boundary so most of them are going to be in completely general location. 

I can create an IS after distribution using DMPlexCreatePointNumbering() but they are Global numbering. Is there a way to get a map from Natural numbering to Global numbering? I assume this is used somewhere in DMPlexNaturalToGlobal()? This way I can find the correct entry to modify. 

Thanks,
Kevin

> On Dec 9, 2022, at 09:10, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:06 PM Hongrui Yu <yuhongrui at utexas.edu> wrote:
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>> Hello! I’m trying to adapt a serial Finite Element code using PETSc. In this code it reads in special stiffness terms between the boundary DoFs from an input file, and add them to corresponding locations in the global Jacobian matrix.
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> Hmm, so in completely general locations, or on the diagonal?
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>> I currently use a DM Plex object to store the mesh information. My understanding is that once the DM is distributed its points are renumbered across different ranks.
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> That is true.
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>> I wonder if there is a good way to find the corresponding entries that needs to be modified in the global Jacobian matrix?
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>> For Vectors I’m currently creating a Natural Vector and simply do DMPlexNaturalToGlobal. Is there a way to create a “Natural Mat” just like “Natural Vector” and then do some sort of NaturalToGlobal for this Mat?
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>> Any help would be highly appreciated!
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> If it is completely general, this will take some coding.
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>   Thanks,
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>      Matt
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>> Kevin
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