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# MATCOLORINGLF
implements the LF (largest first) coloring routine 


## Notes
Supports only distance two colorings (for computation of Jacobians)

This is a sequential algorithm


## References

- **** -*** TF Coleman and J More, "Estimation of sparse Jacobian matrices and graph coloring," SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, vol. 20, no. 1,
pp. 187-209, 1983.



## See Also
 `MatColoringTpe`, `MatColoringCreate()`, `MatColoring`, `MatColoringSetType()`, `MATCOLORINGGREEDY`, `MatColoringType`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/color/impls/minpack/color.c.html#MATCOLORINGLF">src/mat/color/impls/minpack/color.c</A>


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