[petsc-users] Understanding 'snes' object

[Zou, Ling]

Hi all,

Can someone please help me understand the output of the following two outputs using ‘-snes_view’?

Option 1:

SNES Object: 1 MPI process

  type: newtonls

  maximum iterations=15, maximum function evaluations=10000

  tolerances: relative=1e-08, absolute=1e-50, solution=1e-08

  total number of linear solver iterations=5

  total number of function evaluations=14

  norm schedule ALWAYS

  Jacobian is built using finite differences with coloring

Option 2:

SNES Object: 1 MPI process

  type: newtonls

  maximum iterations=50, maximum function evaluations=10000

  tolerances: relative=1e-08, absolute=1e-50, solution=1e-08

  total number of linear solver iterations=8

  total number of function evaluations=17

  norm schedule ALWAYS

  Jacobian is applied matrix-free with differencing

  Preconditioning Jacobian is built using finite differences with coloring


Does it mean that

  *   Option 1 uses Newton’s method, such that J du = b is solved with J being explicitly constructed?
  *   Option 2 uses matrix free method, such that J du = b is solved with  J v ~ (F(u + dv) – F(u)) / h when needed, e.g., in a Krylov method.

Thanks,
-Ling


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