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["Johan Hoffman" <jhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> I think it is great to go for a general discrete solver of ODE/Newton
>> type
>> in DOLFIN, where you just feed the right hand side f(u); it is ideal for
>> automation. I just wonder if you see any limits to this approach in
>> terms
>> of size or type of problems? Or can we skip the whole business with
>> forming linear systems of equations Ax=b?
>
> I think we can, but we need to make some more tests. It would be
> interesting to see how well the ODE solver handles for example
> Navier-Stokes.

I think so too. I should set up a problem with an alternative NSE solver
using this framework as soon as I find the time.

/Johan