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SNESSetMaxNonlinearStepFailures

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

Synopsis

#include "petscsnes.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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