MatCreateProd

 Creates a matrix as the implicit product of zero or more matrices. This class is an adoption of MATCOMPOSITE type in PETSc.

Synopsis

PetscErrorCode  MatCreateProd(MPI_Comm comm,PetscInt nmat,const Mat *mats,Mat *mat)
Collective on MPI_Comm

Input Parameters

comm - MPI communicator
nmat - number of matrices to put in
mats - the matrices

Output Parameter

A -the matrix

Notes

Alternative construction 
      MatCreate(comm,&mat);

      MatSetType(mat,MATPROD);

      MatCompositeAddMat(mat,mats[0]);

      ....

      MatCompositeAddMat(mat,mats[nmat-1]);

      MatAssemblyBegin(mat,MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY);

      MatAssemblyEnd(mat,MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY);

For the multiplicative form the product is mat[nmat-1]*mat[nmat-2]*....*mat[0]

See Also

MatDestroy(), MatMult(), MatCompositeAddMat(), MatCompositeMerge(), MatCompositeSetType(), MatCompositeType

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Location:src/mat/impls/composite/matprod.c
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