petsc-3.4.2 2013-07-02

# TSSetForcingFunction

Provide a function that computes a forcing term for a ODE or PDE

### Synopsis

    #include "petscts.h"
    PetscErrorCode  TSSetForcingFunction(TS ts,PetscErrorCode (*f)(TS,PetscReal,Vec,void*),void *ctx)

Logically Collective on TS

### Input Parameters

| ts | - the TS context obtained from TSCreate()
| f | - routine for evaluating the forcing function
| ctx | - [optional] user-defined context for private data for the function evaluation routine (may be NULL)

### Calling sequence of func

        func (TS ts,PetscReal t,Vec u,void *ctx);

| t | - current timestep
| u | - output vector
| ctx | - [optional] user-defined function context

### Notes

This routine is useful for testing accuracy of time integration schemes when using the Method of Manufactured Solutions to create closed-form solutions with a non-physical forcing term.

For low-dimensional problems solved in serial, such as small discrete systems, TSMonitorLGError() can be used to monitor the error history.

### Keywords

TS, timestep, set, right-hand-side, function

### See Also

TSSetRHSJacobian(), TSSetIJacobian(), TSComputeSolutionFunction(), TSSetSolutionFunction()

Level:beginner
Location: src/ts/interface/ts.c
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