# PCBDDCSetCoarseningRatio
Set coarsening ratio used in multilevel version 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscpc.h" 
PetscErrorCode PCBDDCSetCoarseningRatio(PC pc, PetscInt k)
```
Logically collective on pc


## Input Parameters

- ***pc -*** the preconditioning context
- ***k -*** coarsening ratio (H/h at the coarser level)



## Options Database Key

- ***-pc_bddc_coarsening_ratio <int> -*** Set coarsening ratio used in multilevel coarsening





## Note
Approximately k subdomains at the finer level will be aggregated into a single subdomain at the coarser level


## See Also
 `PCBDDC`, `PCBDDCSetLevels()`

## Level
intermediate

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ksp/pc/impls/bddc/bddc.c.html#PCBDDCSetCoarseningRatio">src/ksp/pc/impls/bddc/bddc.c</A>

## Implementations

<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ksp/pc/impls/bddc/bddc.c.html#PCBDDCSetCoarseningRatio_BDDC">PCBDDCSetCoarseningRatio_BDDC in src/ksp/pc/impls/bddc/bddc.c</A><BR>


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