On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Roy Stogner <[email protected]>wrote:

> Maybe having a
> non-positive-definite matrix is the trouble, irrespective of whether
> the matrix is actually indefinite or not?
>

Stokes *is* indefinite: it has lots of negative eigenvalues due to pressure
being a Lagrange multiplier.

The one-dimensional null space is not the problem. (We recommend setting it
using MatSetNullSpace(), then just ensure that your right hand sides are
consistent and everything should work fine.) The indefiniteness/saddle
point is the problem.
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