[petsc-users] Modify matrix nonzero structure

[Barry Smith]

  Certainly missing Jacobian entries can dramatically change the Newton direction and hence the convergence. Even if the optimal (in time) setup skips some Jacobian entries it is always good to have runs with all the entries to see the "best possible" convergence.

  Barry


> On May 19, 2024, at 10:44 PM, Adrian Croucher <a.croucher at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> 
> Great, it sounds like this might be easier than I expected. Thanks very much.
> 
> Did you have any thoughts on my diagnosis of the problem (the poor nonlinear solver convergence being caused by missing Jacobian elements representing interaction between the sources)?
> 
> - Adrian
> 
> On 20/05/24 12:41 pm, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>> On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 8:25 PM Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev <mailto:bsmith at petsc.dev>> wrote:
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>>>    You can call MatSetOption(mat,MAT_NEW_NONZERO_LOCATION_ERR) then insert the new values. If it is just a handful of new insertions the extra time should be small.
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>>>     Making a copy of the matrix won't give you a new matrix that is any faster to insert into so best to just use the same matrix.
>> 
>> Let me add to Barry's answer. The preallocation infrastructure is now not strictly necessary. It is possible to just add all your nonzeros in and assembly,  and the performance will be pretty good (uses hashing etc). So if just adding a few nonzeros does not work, we can go this route.
>> 
>>   Thanks,
>> 
>>      Matt
>>  
>>>   Barry
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>>>> On May 19, 2024, at 7:44 PM, Adrian Croucher <a.croucher at auckland.ac.nz <mailto:a.croucher at auckland.ac.nz>> wrote:
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>>>> hi,
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>>>> I have a Jacobian matrix created using DMCreateMatrix(). What would be 
>>>> the best way to add extra nonzero entries into it?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm guessing that DMCreateMatrix() allocates the storage so the nonzero 
>>>> structure can't really be easily modified. Would it be a case of 
>>>> creating a new matrix, copying the nonzero entries from the original one 
>>>> and then adding the extra ones, before calling MatSetUp() or similar? If 
>>>> so, how exactly would you copy the nonzero structure from the original 
>>>> matrix?
>>>> 
>>>> Background: the flow problem I'm solving (on a DMPlex with finite volume 
>>>> method) has complex source terms that depend on the solution (e.g. 
>>>> pressure), and can also depend on other source terms. A simple example 
>>>> is when fluid is extracted from one location, with a pressure-dependent 
>>>> flow rate, and some of it is then reinjected in another location. This 
>>>> can result in poor nonlinear solver convergence. I think the reason is 
>>>> that there are effectively missing Jacobian entries in the row for the 
>>>> reinjection cell, which should have an additional dependence on the 
>>>> solution in the cell where fluid is extracted.
>>>> 
>>>> - Adrian
>> 
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> Dr Adrian Croucher
> Senior Research Fellow
> Department of Engineering Science
> Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland, New Zealand
> email: a.croucher at auckland.ac.nz <mailto:a.croucher at auckland.ac.nz>
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