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MGSmootherBase< VectorType > Class Template Referenceabstract

#include <deal.II/multigrid/mg_base.h>

Inheritance diagram for MGSmootherBase< VectorType >:
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Public Member Functions

virtual ~MGSmootherBase () override=default
 
virtual void clear ()=0
 
virtual void smooth (const unsigned int level, VectorType &u, const VectorType &rhs) const =0
 
virtual void apply (const unsigned int level, VectorType &u, const VectorType &rhs) const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Subscriptor
 Subscriptor ()
 
 Subscriptor (const Subscriptor &)
 
 Subscriptor (Subscriptor &&) noexcept
 
virtual ~Subscriptor ()
 
Subscriptoroperator= (const Subscriptor &)
 
Subscriptoroperator= (Subscriptor &&) noexcept
 
void subscribe (const char *identifier=nullptr) const
 
void unsubscribe (const char *identifier=nullptr) const
 
unsigned int n_subscriptions () const
 
template<typename StreamType >
void list_subscribers (StreamType &stream) const
 
void list_subscribers () const
 
template<class Archive >
void serialize (Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from Subscriptor
static::ExceptionBase & ExcInUse (int arg1, std::string arg2, std::string arg3)
 
static::ExceptionBase & ExcNoSubscriber (std::string arg1, std::string arg2)
 

Detailed Description

template<typename VectorType>
class MGSmootherBase< VectorType >

Base class for multigrid smoothers. Does nothing but defining the interface used by multigrid methods.

The smoother interface provides two methods, a smooth() method and an apply() method. The multigrid preconditioner interfaces distinguish between the two for efficiency reasons: Upon entry to the preconditioner operations, the vector u needs to be set to zero and smoothing starts by a simple application of the smoother on the rhs vector. This method is provided by the apply() method of this class. It is the same as first setting u to zero and then calling smooth(), but for many classes the separate apply() interface is more efficient because it can skip one matrix-vector product.

In the multigrid preconditioner interfaces, the apply() method is used for the pre-smoothing operation because the previous content in the solution vector needs to be overwritten for a new incoming residual. On the other hand, all subsequent operations need to smooth the content already present in the vector u given the right hand side, which is done by smooth().

Author
Guido Kanschat, 2002

Definition at line 245 of file mg_base.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<typename VectorType>
virtual MGSmootherBase< VectorType >::~MGSmootherBase ( )
overridevirtualdefault

Virtual destructor.

Member Function Documentation

template<typename VectorType>
virtual void MGSmootherBase< VectorType >::clear ( )
pure virtual
template<typename VectorType>
virtual void MGSmootherBase< VectorType >::smooth ( const unsigned int  level,
VectorType &  u,
const VectorType &  rhs 
) const
pure virtual
template<typename VectorType>
void MGSmootherBase< VectorType >::apply ( const unsigned int  level,
VectorType &  u,
const VectorType &  rhs 
) const
virtual

As opposed to the smooth() function, this function applies the action of the smoothing, overwriting the previous content in the vector u. This function must be equivalent to the following code

u = 0;
smooth(level, u, rhs);

but can usually be implemented more efficiently than the former. If a particular smoother does not override the apply() method, the default implementation as described here is used.

In the multigrid preconditioner interfaces, the apply() method is used for the pre-smoothing operation because the previous content in the solution vector needs to be overwritten for a new incoming residual. On the other hand, all subsequent operations need to smooth the content already present in the vector u given the right hand side, which is done by smooth().

Reimplemented in MGSmootherPrecondition< MatrixType, PreconditionerType, VectorType >, MGSmootherRelaxation< MatrixType, RelaxationType, VectorType >, and mg::SmootherRelaxation< RelaxationType, VectorType >.

Definition at line 33 of file mg_base.cc.


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