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-useUpdateNorm/-noUpdateNorm

Turns on/off the use of the update norm (eq. 4.42) as a way of determining convergence. The default is off.

Turning this on is useful if the behavior of the residual indicates numerical truncation error (i.e. if the residual reduces rapidly, but then bottoms out at a level insufficient to satisfy the residual convergence tests). This behavior can show up with very small time steps (TR/BDF2 and the concentration form of the generalized trapezoid family subtract nearly equal vectors that are proportional to tex2html_wrap_inline2434 ) and nearly equilibrium reactive-diffusive systems.



Dan Yergeau
Thu Nov 7 17:12:57 PST 1996