PETSc Introductory Tutorials

These tutorials are intended for people new to PETSc, who would like to get oriented by walking through some simple operations.

You should be able to complete this short set of tutorials in a couple of of hours. This can be done on your own, or as part of a larger workshop on PETSc.

• Building PETSc
• Running a PETSc Program
• Running a PETSc Program in Parallel
• Vec: Vectors in PETSc
• Mat: Matrices in PETSc
• KSP: Solving a Linear System
• PC: Preconditioners
• SNES: Nonlinear Solvers
• DM: Grid/Domain Management
• TAO: Numerical Optimization
• TS: ODE solvers / Timesteppers

Learning More

These tutorials are not intended to cover all possible topics, but rather to provide a gateway to the rest of the documentation.

In particular, see the Guide to PETSc Tutorial Examples which highlights some of the large number of tutorial examples included with PETSc.