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# MatPartitioningApply

Gets a partitioning for a matrix.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscmat.h"
    PetscErrorCode  MatPartitioningApply(MatPartitioning matp,IS *partitioning)

Collective on Mat

### Input Parameters

| matp | - the matrix partitioning object

### Output Parameters

| partitioning | - the partitioning. For each local node this tells the processor number that that node is assigned to.

### Options Database Keys

To specify the partitioning through the options database, use one of the following

       -mat_partitioning_type parmetis, -mat_partitioning current

To see the partitioning result

       -mat_partitioning_view

The user can define additional partitionings; see MatPartitioningRegister().

### See Also

MatPartitioningRegister(), MatPartitioningCreate(),
MatPartitioningDestroy(), MatPartitioningSetAdjacency(), ISPartitioningToNumbering(), ISPartitioningCount()

### Level

beginner

### Location

src/mat/partition/partition.c

### Examples

src/mat/tutorials/ex11.c.html
src/mat/tutorials/ex15.c.html
src/mat/tutorials/ex17.c.html
src/mat/tutorials/ex15f.F90.html
src/mat/tutorials/ex17f.F90.html
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex64.c.html

### Implementations

MatPartitioningApply_Chaco in src/mat/partition/impls/chaco/chaco.c
MatPartitioningApply_Hierarchical in src/mat/partition/impls/hierarchical/hierarchical.c
MatPartitioningApply_Party in src/mat/partition/impls/party/party.c
MatPartitioningApply_Parmetis in src/mat/partition/impls/pmetis/pmetis.c
MatPartitioningApply_PTScotch in src/mat/partition/impls/scotch/scotch.c
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