Nuno David Lopes wrote:
> Well, in my stokes/uzawa codes I get much worst times, more iterations and 
> the 
> global error diverges. (But I've to think a little more about it, even in the 
> first iteration i get different times.) So they don't work anymore. :(
> 
> So I tested with convection-difusion and please take a look at the solutions. 
>   
> Even with the LU solver.
>

This should be fixed now.

Garth


> On Friday 26 September 2008, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>> Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>> Nuno David Lopes wrote:
>>>> Is there a simple way of setting an initial guess for an Iterative
>>>> LinearSolver?
>>>> In Umfpack and PETSc the default initial guess is the zero vector right?
>>> At the moment, yes (note the UMFPACK is an LU solver, so an initial
>>> guess doesn't do anything).
>>>
>>> It's very simple, and I've been meaning to add an option for using an
>>> initial guess. It's also useful for Newton solvers. I'll add something
>>> in the next few days.
>> I've added this, although it's untested. Let me know if it works ok.
>>
>> Garth
>>
>>> Garth
>>>
>>>> For time dependent problems it would  be great if one could use the last
>>>> step solutions as the initial guess.
>>>> I was thinking of something like
>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>> solver.solve(A,x_(n+1),x_n,b)
>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>> where x_n is the initial guess for the iterative solver.
>>>>
>>>> Also another doubt, (i'm guessing  that is my math ignorance only)
>>>> is it usual that  PETSc::gmres with hypre::amg preconditioner doesn't
>>>> work. (After reading that it is so powerfull...)
>>>> In a Stokes 566000^2  subsystem it simply blows up with all of the  RAM
>>>> memory (16Gb).
>>>> (I tried it with simpler problems but with bigger systems   and it
>>>> worked perfectly, converging in <10 iterations.)
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for some disturbance in  the troubled-hard-development times you
>>>> are having and thanks again.
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