PETSc is a suite of data structures and routines for the scalable (parallel) solution of scientific applications modeled by partial differential equations. It employs the MPI standard for all message-passing communication.
License: special.
Tags: algebra, linear algebra, analysis, PDE, parallel computing, library.
Interface: library.
Source language: C.
Developers: Satish Balay, Kris Buschelman, Lisandro Dalcin, Victor Eijkhout, William Gropp, Dmitry Karpeev, Dinesh Kaushik, Matthew Knepley, Lois Curfman McInnes, Barry Smith, Hong Zhang.
Contributors: Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad, Mark Adams, G. Anciaux, J. Roman, Allison Baker, Arvid Bessen, Tony Caola, Chad Carroll, Cameron Cooper, Paulo Goldfeld, Joel Malard, Peter Mell, Richard Mills, Todd Munson, Adam Powell, Robert Scheichl, Liyang Xu.
Homepage: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-as/.
Documentation: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-as/documentation/.
Support: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-as/miscellaneous/mailing-lists.html.