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# PetscSectionSym

Symmetries of the data referenced by a `PetscSection`.

## Synopsis

    typedef struct _p_PetscSectionSym *PetscSectionSym;

Often the order of data index by a `PetscSection` is meaningful, and describes additional structure, such as points on a line, grid, or lattice. If the data is accessed from a different “orientation”, then the image of the data under access then undergoes a symmetry transformation. A `PetscSectionSym` specifies these symmetries. The types of symmetries that can be specified are of the form R * P, where R is a diagonal matrix of scalars, and P is a permutation.

## See Also

PetscSection, `PetscSection`, `PetscSectionSymCreate()`, `PetscSectionSymDestroy()`, `PetscSectionSetSym()`, `PetscSectionGetSym()`, `PetscSectionSetFieldSym()`, `PetscSectionGetFieldSym()`, `PetscSectionGetSymPoints()`, `PetscSectionSymType`, `PetscSectionSymSetType()`, `PetscSectionSymGetType()`

## Level

developer

## Location

include/petscsectiontypes.h

## Examples

src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex6.c

## Implementations

_p_PetscSectionSym in include/petsc/private/sectionimpl.h
PetscSectionSym_Label in src/dm/label/dmlabel.c

Index of all PetscSection routines
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