PARDISO reordering: incorrect description perm() array in the MKL manual

[Sergey_S_1]

Hi! I want to use own reordering in PARDISO. From manual I see following description of perm() array:  “Let A be the original matrix and C = P*A*PT be the permuted matrix. Row (column) i of A is the perm(i) row (column) of C.” Unfortunately, I got incorrect results, i.e. incorrect number of nonzero elements in L factors. After investigation, I found out that description of perm() array is incorrect. User should to set inversion of permutation instead permutation. I.e. “Row (column) i of C is the perm(i) row (column) of A.” Could you clarify, I am right or not?  

P.S. Test case has been attached.

Sergey Solovev

[Gennady_F_Intel]

Hi Sergey, 

the problem is reproduced and at the first glance it looks like the documentation's problem - the description should be slightly changed accordingly. we will check the behavior again and let you know.

--Gennady

[Sergey_S_1]

Hi Gennady,

Thank you for quick response!

Sergey Solovev

[Gennady_F_Intel]

Sergey, pls check the updated doc in the latest 11.0 update3. regards, Gennady

[Sergey_S_1]

Gennady, I have checked the fix. All is OK, thank you and MKL support team!