petsc-3.3-p7 2013-05-11

SNESSetMaxNonlinearStepFailures

Sets the maximum number of unsuccessful steps attempted by the nonlinear solver before it gives up.

Synopsis

#include "petscsnes.h"  
#include "petscdmshell.h" 
#include "petscsys.h" 
PetscErrorCode  SNESSetMaxNonlinearStepFailures(SNES snes, PetscInt maxFails)

Not Collective

Input Parameters

	snes	- SNES context
	maxFails	- maximum of unsuccessful steps

Keywords

SNES, nonlinear, set, maximum, unsuccessful, steps

See Also

SNESGetMaxLinearSolveFailures(), SNESGetLinearSolveIterations(), SNESSetMaxLinearSolveFailures(), SNESGetLinearSolveFailures(),
SNESGetMaxNonlinearStepFailures(), SNESGetNonlinearStepFailures()

Level:intermediate
Location:src/snes/interface/snes.c
Index of all SNES routines
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