Barry Smith <[email protected]> writes:

>     How about MatSetCoordindates(Mat, Vec). 

This would assume an interpolatory basis for which each Mat (row?)bs
corresponds to one Vec bs.  Should we consider mixed spaces?

>     Then MatNullSpaceCreateRigidBody(Mat, MatNullSpace *);

Perhaps something like this as a convenience, but I think it can be
useful to call the current function without first creating a Mat to
attach the coordinate Vec to.

>     Then presumable GAMG can pass the appropriated coordinates down to the 
> smaller matrices it creates internally and create the rigid body null spaces 
> it wants as it moves to the smaller matrices?
>
>    Barry
>
>
> You could have a MatGetCoordindates(Mat, Vec) and not change the calling 
> sequence of MatNullSpaceCreateRigidBody() but I like the first alternative I 
> suggested.
>
>
>> On Jan 2, 2017, at 5:23 PM, Jed Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Mark Adams <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Jed Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Jeremy Theler <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>> 
>>>>> I want to check that the near nullspace I provide to GAMG gives "almost
>>>>> null vectors" when multiplying each vector in the near nullspace against
>>>>> the matrix problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This way I can check that the unknown ordering I am using is consistent,
>>>>> for example using by MatNullSpaceCreateRigidBody() or by computing the
>>>>> nullspace by myself.
>>>> 
>>>> Please use that and MatSetNearNullSpace().  It composes properly and you
>>>> can check everything.
>>>> 
>>>> PCSetCoordinates() happens to do double-duty for aggregation-based
>>>> methods, but outside of semi-geometric methods, it is just ugly code
>>>> duplication and makes assumptions that may be inappropriate (like
>>>> elasticity with an interpolatory basis).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, PCSetCoordinates is an old interface that is essentially deprecated.
>>> Maybe we should officially deprecated this.
>> 
>> I think we should officially deprecate it, but perhaps make something
>> more general available as a Mat function (since some algorithms may use
>> coordinates directly).  (Needing to dig up a PC to provide problem (as
>> opposed to configuration) information is bad style.)

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