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# DMCreateInterpolation

Gets interpolation matrix between two DM objects

### Synopsis

    #include "petscdm.h"
    #include "petscdmlabel.h"
    #include "petscds.h"
    PetscErrorCode  DMCreateInterpolation(DM dmc,DM dmf,Mat *mat,Vec *vec)

Collective on dmc

### Input Parameters

| dmc | - the DM object
| dmf | - the second, finer DM object

### Output Parameters

| mat | - the interpolation
| vec | - the scaling (optional)

### Notes

For DMDA objects this only works for "uniform refinement", that is the refined mesh was obtained DMRefine() or the coarse mesh was obtained by DMCoarsen(). The coordinates set into the DMDA are completely ignored in computing the interpolation.

For DMDA objects you can use this interpolation (more precisely the interpolation from the DMGetCoordinateDM()) to interpolate the mesh coordinate vectors EXCEPT in the periodic case where it does not make sense since the coordinate vectors are not periodic.

### See Also

DMDestroy(), DMView(), DMCreateGlobalVector(), DMCreateColoring(), DMCreateMatrix(), DMRefine(), DMCoarsen(), DMCreateRestriction(), DMCreateInterpolationScale()

### Level

developer

### Location

src/dm/interface/dm.c

### Examples

src/dm/tutorials/ex3.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex42.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex65.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex73.c.html
src/snes/tutorials/ex48.c.html

### Implementations

DMCreateInterpolation_Composite in src/dm/impls/composite/pack.c
DMCreateInterpolation_DA in src/dm/impls/da/dainterp.c
DMCreateInterpolation_pforest in src/dm/impls/forest/p4est/pforest.h
DMCreateInterpolation_Moab in src/dm/impls/moab/dmmbmg.cxx
DMCreateInterpolation_Plex in src/dm/impls/plex/plex.c
DMCreateInterpolation_Redundant in src/dm/impls/redundant/dmredundant.c
DMCreateInterpolation_SNESVI in src/snes/impls/vi/rs/virs.c
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