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16524c165SJacob Faibussowitsch #ifndef PETSCSECTIONTYPES_H
2ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley #define PETSCSECTIONTYPES_H
3ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
4ac09b921SBarry Smith /* SUBMANSEC = PetscSection */
5ac09b921SBarry Smith 
6ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley /*S
7ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley   PetscSection - Mapping from integers in a designated range to contiguous sets of integers.
8ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
987497f52SBarry Smith   In contrast to `IS`, which maps from integers to single integers, the range of a `PetscSection` is in the space of
10ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley   contiguous sets of integers. These ranges are frequently interpreted as domains of other array-like objects,
1187497f52SBarry Smith   especially other `PetscSection`, `Vec`s, and `IS`s. The domain is set with `PetscSectionSetChart()` and does not need to
1287497f52SBarry Smith   start at 0. For each point in the domain of a `PetscSection`, the output set is represented through an offset and a
1387497f52SBarry Smith   count, which are set using `PetscSectionSetOffset()` and `PetscSectionSetDof()` respectively. Lookup is typically using
1487497f52SBarry Smith   accessors or routines like `VecGetValuesSection()`.
15ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
16*db527f05SMatthew G. Knepley   The `PetscSection` object and methods are intended to be used in the PETSc `Vec` and `Mat` implementations. The indices returned by the `PetscSection` are appropriate for the kind of `Vec` it is asociated with. For example, if the vector being indexed is a local vector, we call the section a local section. If the section indexes a global vector, we call it a global section. For parallel vectors, like global vectors, we use negative indices to indicate dofs owned by other processes.
17*db527f05SMatthew G. Knepley 
18ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley   Level: beginner
19ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
20*db527f05SMatthew G. Knepley .seealso: [PetscSection](sec_petscsection), `PetscSectionCreate()`, `PetscSectionDestroy()`, `PetscSectionSym`
21ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley S*/
22ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley typedef struct _p_PetscSection *PetscSection;
23ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
24ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley /*S
2587497f52SBarry Smith   PetscSectionSym - Symmetries of the data referenced by a `PetscSection`.
26ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
2787497f52SBarry Smith   Often the order of data index by a `PetscSection` is meaningful, and describes additional structure, such as points on a
28ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley   line, grid, or lattice.  If the data is accessed from a different "orientation", then the image of the data under
2987497f52SBarry Smith   access then undergoes a symmetry transformation.  A `PetscSectionSym` specifies these symmetries.  The types of
30ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley   symmetries that can be specified are of the form R * P, where R is a diagonal matrix of scalars, and P is a permutation.
31ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
32ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley   Level: developer
33ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
34db781477SPatrick Sanan .seealso: `PetscSection`, `PetscSectionSymCreate()`, `PetscSectionSymDestroy()`, `PetscSectionSetSym()`, `PetscSectionGetSym()`, `PetscSectionSetFieldSym()`,
35db781477SPatrick Sanan           `PetscSectionGetFieldSym()`, `PetscSectionGetSymPoints()`, `PetscSectionSymType`, `PetscSectionSymSetType()`, `PetscSectionSymGetType()`
36ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley S*/
37ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley typedef struct _p_PetscSectionSym *PetscSectionSym;
38ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
39ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley /*J
4087497f52SBarry Smith   PetscSectionSymType - String with the name of a `PetscSectionSym` type.
41ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
42ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley   Level: developer
43ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
4487497f52SBarry Smith   Note:
4587497f52SBarry Smith   `PetscSectionSym` has no default implementation, but is used by `DM` in `PetscSectionSymCreateLabel()`.
46ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
47db781477SPatrick Sanan .seealso: `PetscSectionSymSetType()`, `PetscSectionSymGetType()`, `PetscSectionSym`, `PetscSectionSymCreate()`, `PetscSectionSymRegister()`
48ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley J*/
49ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley typedef const char *PetscSectionSymType;
50ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley 
51ea844a1aSMatthew Knepley #endif
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