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# TS
Abstract PETSc object that manages all time-steppers (ODE integrators)
## Synopsis
```
typedef struct _p_TS *TS;
```
## See Also
[](integrator_table), [](ch_ts), `TSCreate()`, `TSSetType()`, `TSType`, `SNES`, `KSP`, `PC`, `TSDestroy()`
## Level
beginner
## Location
include/petscts.h
## Examples
src/snes/tutorials/ex30.c
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/burgers_spectral.c
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/spectraladjointassimilation.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex1.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex12.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex13.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex15.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex17.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex2.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20opt_ic.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20opt_p.c
## Implementations
_p_TS in include/petsc/private/tsimpl.h
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[Index of all TS routines](index.md)
[Table of Contents for all manual pages](/manualpages/index.md)
[Index of all manual pages](/manualpages/singleindex.md)