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Is PARDISO indeterministic with MKL_NUM_THREADS > 1

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Hello,

Is it possible that PARDISO computes slightly different solutions
when it uses more than one thread?

Best regards,

Andreas Fabri

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Hi Andreas, Yes it's possible, especially if your inputmatrix is ill-conditioned. You can find many similar topics into the Forum.

--Gennady

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