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Lis (linear algebra library)

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Stable release
2.1.6 / July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inC, Fortran
TypeSoftware library
LicenseNew BSD License
Websitewww.ssisc.org/lis/

Lis (Library of Iterative Solvers for linear systems, pronounced [lis]) is a scalable parallel software library to solve discretized linear equations and eigenvalue problems that mainly arise from the numerical solution of partial differential equations using iterative methods.[1][2][3] Although it is designed for parallel computers, the library can be used without being conscious of parallel processing.

Features

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Lis provides facilities for:

Example

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A C program to solve the linear equation is written as follows:

#include <stdio.h>
#include "lis_config.h"
#include "lis.h"

LIS_INT main(LIS_INT argc, char* argv[])
{
  LIS_MATRIX  A;
  LIS_VECTOR  b, x;
  LIS_SOLVER  solver;
  LIS_INT     iter;
  double      time;

  lis_initialize(&argc, &argv);

  lis_matrix_create(LIS_COMM_WORLD, &A);
  lis_vector_create(LIS_COMM_WORLD, &b);
  lis_vector_create(LIS_COMM_WORLD, &x);

  lis_input_matrix(A, argv[1]);
  lis_input_vector(b, argv[2]);
  lis_vector_duplicate(A, &x);

  lis_solver_create(&solver);
  lis_solver_set_optionC(solver);
  lis_solve(A, b, x, solver);

  lis_solver_get_iter(solver, &iter);
  lis_solver_get_time(solver, &time);
  printf("number of iterations = %d\n", iter);
  printf("elapsed time = %e\n", time);

  lis_output_vector(x, LIS_FMT_MM, argv[3]);

  lis_solver_destroy(solver);
  lis_matrix_destroy(A);
  lis_vector_destroy(b);
  lis_vector_destroy(x);

  lis_finalize();

  return 0;
}

System requirements

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Installing Lis requires a C compiler. If you wish to use the Fortran interface, a Fortran compiler is needed, and the algebraic multigrid preconditioner requires a Fortran 90 compiler.[4] For parallel computing environments, an OpenMP or MPI library is necessary. Lis supports both the Matrix Market and Harwell-Boeing formats for importing and exporting user data.

Packages that use Lis

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Akira Nishida (2010). "Experience in Developing an Open Source Scalable Software Infrastructure in Japan". Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6017. Vol. 6017. Springer. pp. 87–98. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12165-4_36. ISBN 978-3-642-12164-7.
  2. ^ Hisashi Kotakemori; Hidehiko Hasegawa; Tamito Kajiyama; Akira Nukada; Reiji Suda & Akira Nishida (2008). "Performance Evaluation of Parallel Sparse Matrix-Vector Products on SGI Altix 3700". OpenMP Shared Memory Parallel Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4315. Springer. pp. 153–163. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68555-5_13. ISBN 978-3-540-68554-8.
  3. ^ Hisashi Kotakemori; Hidehiko Hasegawa & Akira Nishida (2005). "Performance Evaluation of a Parallel Iterative Method Library using OpenMP". Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia Pacific Region (HPC Asia 2005). IEEE. pp. 432–436. doi:10.1109/HPCASIA.2005.74. ISBN 0-7695-2486-9. S2CID 6402585.
  4. ^ Akihiro Fujii; Akira Nishida & Yoshio Oyanagi (2005). "Evaluation of Parallel Aggregate Creation Orders : Smoothed Aggregation Algebraic Multigrid Method". High Performance Computational Science and Engineering. Springer. pp. 99–122. doi:10.1007/0-387-24049-7_6. ISBN 1-4419-3684-X. S2CID 118053459.
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