Feng  Shi <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> For 2-D finite difference problems with dof>1,to use
> MatSetValuesBlocked, what should be the indices used in that routine?
> Am I right if I just use the indices just like dof=1, but set
> (5*dof^2) values at one time?

That is the number of entries in a block row when using a 5-point stencil.

The row and column indices are by block, not by scalar.

> Specifically, I'm trying to use implicit TS solver with dof>1, as in example 
> src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex10. I understand for 1-D finite diffrence cases, 
> we have (3 by dof^2) matrix elements, and we can use as in the example: 
> MatSetValuesBlocked(B,1,&i,3,col,&K[0][0],INSERT_VALUES);
> to insert/form the Jacobian. In my 2-D cases with dof=3, I use 5-point finite 
> difference regime, which means I will have (5*3^2=45) elements Jacobian to be 
> set at one time as in the example, right? If I use the statement "Matstencil 
> row, col[5]" as indices to insert values, after we set: "row.i=i, row.j=j and 
> col[1:5].i=..., col[1:5].j=...", then just simply use:
> MatSetValuesBlocked(B,1,&row, 5, &col, &K[0][0],INSERT_VALUES);
> to insert these (5*3^2) values to form the Jacobian?
>
> I'm also confused by the dof defined in the Mat. Does it mean for each node, 
> there are (dof^2) elements?

What "dof defined in the Mat"?

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