Re: [petsc-dev] DMPlex "chart" term

2017-10-11 Thread Matthew Knepley
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Patrick Sanan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Matthew Knepley > wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Patrick Sanan >> wrote: >> >>> Another terminology question to help with the docs. >>> >>> What's the origin of the term "chart" in DMPlex? I

Re: [petsc-dev] DMPlex "chart" term

2017-10-11 Thread Patrick Sanan
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Patrick Sanan > wrote: > >> Another terminology question to help with the docs. >> >> What's the origin of the term "chart" in DMPlex? I'm only previously >> familiar with the term in the context of manif

Re: [petsc-dev] DMPlex "chart" term

2017-10-11 Thread Matthew Knepley
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Patrick Sanan wrote: > Another terminology question to help with the docs. > > What's the origin of the term "chart" in DMPlex? I'm only previously > familiar with the term in the context of manifolds (where chart = > homeomorphism from an open set in the manifold

[petsc-dev] DMPlex "chart" term

2017-10-11 Thread Patrick Sanan
Another terminology question to help with the docs. What's the origin of the term "chart" in DMPlex? I'm only previously familiar with the term in the context of manifolds (where chart = homeomorphism from an open set in the manifold to an open set in R^n). In terms of the use in DMPlex, is there