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2*5808f684SSatish BalayPETSc for Python
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5*5808f684SSatish BalayOverview
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8*5808f684SSatish BalayWelcome to PETSc for Python. This package provides Python bindings for
9*5808f684SSatish BalayPETSc_, the *Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation*.
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11*5808f684SSatish BalayDependencies
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14*5808f684SSatish Balay* A matching version of PETSc_ built with *shared/dynamic libraries*.
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16*5808f684SSatish Balay* Python_ 2.7, 3.3 or above.
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18*5808f684SSatish Balay* A recent NumPy_ release.
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20*5808f684SSatish Balay* To work with the in-development version, you need Cython_.
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22*5808f684SSatish Balay.. _PETSc:  http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/
23*5808f684SSatish Balay.. _Python: http://www.python.org
24*5808f684SSatish Balay.. _NumPy:  http://www.numpy.org
25*5808f684SSatish Balay.. _Cython: http://www.cython.org
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30*5808f684SSatish Balay* http://petsc4py.readthedocs.org/, This does not contain the epydoc-generated API reference.
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32*5808f684SSatish Balay* http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc4py-current/docs/, This is for the last release, not the in-development version.
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