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# PCEisenstatGetOmega

Gets the SSOR relaxation coefficient, omega, to use with Eisenstat's trick (where omega = 1.0 by default).

### Synopsis

    #include "petscpc.h"
    PetscErrorCode  PCEisenstatGetOmega(PC pc,PetscReal *omega)

Logically Collective on PC

### Input Parameter

pc -the preconditioner context

### Output Parameter

omega -relaxation coefficient (0 < omega < 2)

### Options Database Key

-pc_eisenstat_omega <omega> -Sets omega

### Notes

The Eisenstat trick implementation of SSOR requires about 50% of the usual amount of floating point operations used for SSOR + Krylov method; however, the preconditioned problem must be solved with both left and right preconditioning.

To use SSOR without the Eisenstat trick, employ the PCSOR preconditioner, which can be chosen with the database options

       -pc_type  sor  -pc_sor_symmetric

### Keywords

PC, Eisenstat, set, SOR, SSOR, relaxation, omega

### See Also

PCSORGetOmega(), PCEisenstatSetOmega()

Level:intermediate
Location: src/ksp/pc/impls/eisens/eisen.c
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