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# MatCreateNest

Creates a new `MATNEST` matrix containing several nested submatrices, each stored separately

## Synopsis

    #include "petscmat.h"
    PetscErrorCode MatCreateNest(MPI_Comm comm, PetscInt nr, const IS is_row[], PetscInt nc, const IS is_col[], const Mat a[], Mat *B) PeNSS

Collective

## Input Parameters

- comm - Communicator for the new `MATNEST`

- nr - number of nested row blocks

- is_row - index sets for each nested row block, or `NULL` to make contiguous

- nc - number of nested column blocks

- is_col - index sets for each nested column block, or `NULL` to make contiguous

- a - array of \(nr \times nc\) submatrices, empty submatrices can be passed using `NULL`

## Output Parameter

- B - new matrix

## Note

In both C and Fortran, `a` must be a one-dimensional array representing a two-dimensional row-major order array holding references to the matrices. For instance, to represent the matrix \(\begin{bmatrix} A_{11} & A_{12} \\ A_{21} & A_{22}\end{bmatrix}\) one should use `Mat a[4]={A11,A12,A21,A22}`.

## Fortran Note

Pass `PETSC_NULL_MAT` in the corresponding entry of `a` for an empty block

## See Also

Matrices, `Mat`, `MATNEST`, `MatCreate()`, `VecCreateNest()`, `DMCreateMatrix()`, `MatNestSetSubMat()`, `MatNestGetSubMat()`, `MatNestGetLocalISs()`, `MatNestGetSize()`, `MatNestGetISs()`, `MatNestSetSubMats()`, `MatNestGetSubMats()`

## Level

advanced

## Location

src/mat/impls/nest/matnest.c

## Examples

src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex27.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex81a.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex70.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex87.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex81.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex73f90t.F90

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