Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation

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Permutations Indexing Vectors Structured Unstructured meshes

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Data structures Routines Argonne National Laboratory Scalable Parallel

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Available in: C, Python, Fortran
License: BSD 2-clause license
Operating system: Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows
Repository: gitlab.com/petsc/petsc
Stable release: 3.25 / 30 March 2026; 4 months ago (2026-03-30)
Type: Scientific simulation software

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Overview

Data structures
Routines Source code
Argonne National Laboratory
Scalable Scalability
Parallel Parallel computing
Scientific applications Scientific computing
Partial differential equations
Message Passing Interface
Sparse matrix
Large-scale Scale (computing)
Libraries Library (computer science)
Linear Linear algebra
Nonlinear Nonlinearity
Equation solvers System of linear equations
C++
Fortran
Python Python (programming language)
Matrix Matrix (mathematics)
Vector Vector space
Communication Computer networking
Computation
Arrays Array data structure
Finite difference

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Classes Class (computer science)
Objects Object (computer science)

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Permutations
Indexing Index mapping
Vectors Vector (geometric)
Structured Structured grid
Unstructured meshes Unstructured grid
Storage Computer storage
Formats File format
Preconditioners Preconditioning
Multigrid
Krylov subspace
Newton's method
Time-stepping Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations
ODE Ordinary differential equation
DAE Differential algebraic equation
Optimization Mathematical optimization
BFGS Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm
Floating point
Memory Memory (computers)
Interface Interface (computer science)
UNIX
Mac OS X
Windows Microsoft Windows

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Lois Curfman McInnes
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Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation

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Triples9

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.037037

Components1

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Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation

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Available in · 1

Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation → C, Python, Fortran

License · 1

Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation → BSD 2-clause license

Operating system · 1

Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation → Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows

Repository · 1

Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation → gitlab.com/petsc/petsc

Stable release · 1

Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation → 3.25 / 30 March 2026; 4 months ago (2026-03-30)

Type · 1

Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation → Scientific simulation software

Website · 1

Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation → petsc.org

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petsc parallel application computation numerical scientific software partial differential equations many python routines communication matrix libraries portable extensible users suite

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Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation	Stable release	3.25 / 30 March 2026; 4 months ago (2026-03-30)	1.00	infobox
Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation	Type	Scientific simulation software	1.00	infobox
Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation	Website	petsc.org	1.00	infobox
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