I haven't tried the FD Jacobian. How do I enable that? I have been
providing the Jacobian.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Matthew Knepley <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Harshad Sahasrabudhe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does PETSc have automatic differentiation capability? I'm solving an
>> elliptic non-linear equation in which calculating the correct Jacobian is
>> extremely demanding. The system doesn't converge with an approximate
>> Jacobian. Is there any SNES solver I should try which doesn't use a
>> Jacobian?
>>
>
> Do you mean it does not converge with the default FD Jacobian?
>
>   Matt
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Harshad
>>
>
>
>
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