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- <i>64bit indices</i>: By default, deal.II use unsigned int (32bit) indices for degrees of freedom, using the <code>types::global_dof_index</code> type. This limits the number of unknowns to approximately four billions. If larger problem
- must be solved, pass the
+ <i>64bit indices</i>: By default, deal.II uses
+ unsigned int (32bit) indices for degrees of freedom,
+ using the <code>types::global_dof_index</code> type.
+ (The same is true for a few other index types such as the
+ global number of cells.) This limits the number of
+ cells or unknowns to approximately four billions. If
+ larger problem must be solved, pass the
<code>-DDEAL_II_WITH_64BIT_INDICES=ON</code> argument to
- <code>cmake</code>. You will not be able to solve problems of this size on a single machine, but only when using clusters of computers and linear algebra packages PETSc or Trilinos. To use this option with PETSc, PETSc must be compiled
+ <code>cmake</code>. To use this option with
+ PETSc, PETSc must be compiled
with the option <code>--with-64-bit-indices</code>.
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