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<A NAME="SNESLineSearchSetParams"><H1>SNESLineSearchSetParams</H1></A>
Sets the parameters associated with the line search routine in the Newton-based method <A HREF="../SNES/SNESLS.html#SNESLS">SNESLS</A>. 
<H3><FONT COLOR="#CC3333">Synopsis</FONT></H3>
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#include "petscsnes.h" 
PetscErrorCode PETSCSNES_DLLEXPORT SNESLineSearchSetParams(SNES snes,PetscReal alpha,PetscReal maxstep,PetscReal steptol)
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Collective on <A HREF="../SNES/SNES.html#SNES">SNES</A>
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<H3><FONT COLOR="#CC3333">Input Parameters</FONT></H3>
<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>snes    </B></TD><TD>- The nonlinear context obtained from <A HREF="../SNES/SNESCreate.html#SNESCreate">SNESCreate</A>()
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<TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>alpha   </B></TD><TD>- The scalar such that .5*f_{n+1} . f_{n+1} &lt;= .5*f_n . f_n - alpha |f_n . J . f_n|
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<TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>maxstep </B></TD><TD>- The maximum norm of the update vector
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<TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>steptol </B></TD><TD>- The minimum norm fraction of the original step after scaling
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<H3><FONT COLOR="#CC3333">Note</FONT></H3>
Pass in <A HREF="../Sys/PETSC_DEFAULT.html#PETSC_DEFAULT">PETSC_DEFAULT</A> for any parameter you do not wish to change.
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We are finding the zero of f() so the one dimensional minimization problem we are
solving in the line search is minimize .5*f(x_n + lambda*step_direction) . f(x_n + lambda*step_direction)
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Contributed by: Mathew Knepley
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<H3><FONT COLOR="#CC3333">Keywords</FONT></H3>
 <A HREF="../SNES/SNES.html#SNES">SNES</A>, nonlinear, set, line search params
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<H3><FONT COLOR="#CC3333">See Also</FONT></H3>
 <A HREF="../SNES/SNESLineSearchGetParams.html#SNESLineSearchGetParams">SNESLineSearchGetParams</A>(), <A HREF="../SNES/SNESLineSearchSet.html#SNESLineSearchSet">SNESLineSearchSet</A>()
<BR><P><B><P><B><FONT COLOR="#CC3333">Level:</FONT></B>intermediate
<BR><FONT COLOR="#CC3333">Location:</FONT></B><A HREF="../../../src/snes/impls/ls/lsparams.c.html#SNESLineSearchSetParams">src/snes/impls/ls/lsparams.c</A>
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