# Manual Pages for Matrix Orders, Colorings, and Partitionings

These tools compute reorderings (for sparse matrix factorizations), colorings
(for computing Jacobians via finite differences) and partitionings (for parallel 
decomposition of data).

[Manual Pages Table of Contents](/docs/manualpages/index.md)

## Manual Pages by Level

### Beginner - Basic usage
```{hlist}
---
columns: 3
---
- [](MATCOARSENHEM.md)
- [](MATCOARSENMIS.md)
- [](MATCOARSENMISK.md)
- [](MATCOLORINGGREEDY.md)
- [](MATCOLORINGID.md)
- [](MATCOLORINGJP.md)
- [](MATCOLORINGLF.md)
- [](MATCOLORINGNATURAL.md)
- [](MATCOLORINGPOWER.md)
- [](MATCOLORINGSL.md)
- [](MATPARTITIONINGCHACO.md)
- [](MATPARTITIONINGHIERARCH.md)
- [](MATPARTITIONINGPARMETIS.md)
- [](MATPARTITIONINGPARTY.md)
- [](MATPARTITIONINGPTSCOTCH.md)
- [](MatColoringApply.md)
- [](MatColoringCreate.md)
- [](MatColoringDestroy.md)
- [](MatColoringGetDistance.md)
- [](MatColoringGetMaxColors.md)
- [](MatColoringSetDistance.md)
- [](MatColoringSetFromOptions.md)
- [](MatColoringSetMaxColors.md)
- [](MatColoringSetType.md)
- [](MatColoringSetWeightType.md)
- [](MatColoringView.md)
- [](MatPartitioningApply.md)
- [](MatPartitioningCreate.md)
- [](MatPartitioningDestroy.md)
- [](MatPartitioningGetUseEdgeWeights.md)
- [](MatPartitioningImprove.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetAdjacency.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetFromOptions.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetPartitionWeights.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetUseEdgeWeights.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetVertexWeights.md)
- [](MatPartitioningViewImbalance.md)
- [](PetscPartitionerType.md)
```



### Intermediate - Setting options for algorithms and data structures
```{hlist}
---
columns: 3
---
- [](MatCoarsenViewFromOptions.md)
- [](MatCreateLaplacian.md)
- [](MatGetOrdering.md)
- [](MatPartitioningApplyND.md)
- [](MatPartitioningGetType.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetNParts.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetNumberVertexWeights.md)
- [](MatPartitioningSetType.md)
- [](MatPartitioningView.md)
- [](MatPartitioningViewFromOptions.md)
- [](PetscPartitioner.md)
```



### Advanced - Setting more advanced options and customization
```{hlist}
---
columns: 3
---
- [](MatCoarsenApply.md)
- [](MatCoarsenCreate.md)
- [](MatCoarsenDestroy.md)
- [](MatCoarsenGetData.md)
- [](MatCoarsenGetType.md)
- [](MatCoarsenMISKGetDistance.md)
- [](MatCoarsenMISKSetDistance.md)
- [](MatCoarsenSetAdjacency.md)
- [](MatCoarsenSetFromOptions.md)
- [](MatCoarsenSetGreedyOrdering.md)
- [](MatCoarsenSetStrictAggs.md)
- [](MatCoarsenSetType.md)
- [](MatCoarsenView.md)
- [](MatMeshToCellGraph.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoGetEigenNumber.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoGetEigenSolver.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoGetEigenTol.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoGetGlobal.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoGetLocal.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoSetCoarseLevel.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoSetEigenNumber.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoSetEigenSolver.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoSetEigenTol.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoSetGlobal.md)
- [](MatPartitioningChacoSetLocal.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPTScotchGetImbalance.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPTScotchGetStrategy.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPTScotchSetImbalance.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPTScotchSetStrategy.md)
- [](MatPartitioningParmetisGetEdgeCut.md)
- [](MatPartitioningParmetisSetCoarseSequential.md)
- [](MatPartitioningParmetisSetRepartition.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPartySetBipart.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPartySetCoarseLevel.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPartySetGlobal.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPartySetLocal.md)
- [](MatPartitioningPartySetMatchOptimization.md)
```



### Developer - Interfaces intended primarily for library developers, not for typical applications programmers
```{hlist}
---
columns: 3
---
- [](MatCoarsenRegister.md)
- [](MatCoarsenRegisterAll.md)
- [](MatColoringRegister.md)
- [](MatColoringRegisterAll.md)
- [](MatOrderingRegister.md)
- [](MatOrderingRegisterAll.md)
- [](MatPartitioningRegister.md)
- [](MatPartitioningRegisterAll.md)
```



### No deprecated routines

## Single list of manual pages
```{toctree}
---
maxdepth: 1
---
MATCOARSENHEM.md
MATCOARSENMIS.md
MATCOARSENMISK.md
MATCOLORINGGREEDY.md
MATCOLORINGID.md
MATCOLORINGJP.md
MATCOLORINGLF.md
MATCOLORINGNATURAL.md
MATCOLORINGPOWER.md
MATCOLORINGSL.md
MATPARTITIONINGCHACO.md
MATPARTITIONINGHIERARCH.md
MATPARTITIONINGPARMETIS.md
MATPARTITIONINGPARTY.md
MATPARTITIONINGPTSCOTCH.md
MatCoarsenApply.md
MatCoarsenCreate.md
MatCoarsenDestroy.md
MatCoarsenGetData.md
MatCoarsenGetType.md
MatCoarsenMISKGetDistance.md
MatCoarsenMISKSetDistance.md
MatCoarsenRegister.md
MatCoarsenRegisterAll.md
MatCoarsenSetAdjacency.md
MatCoarsenSetFromOptions.md
MatCoarsenSetGreedyOrdering.md
MatCoarsenSetStrictAggs.md
MatCoarsenSetType.md
MatCoarsenView.md
MatCoarsenViewFromOptions.md
MatColoringApply.md
MatColoringCreate.md
MatColoringDestroy.md
MatColoringGetDistance.md
MatColoringGetMaxColors.md
MatColoringRegister.md
MatColoringRegisterAll.md
MatColoringSetDistance.md
MatColoringSetFromOptions.md
MatColoringSetMaxColors.md
MatColoringSetType.md
MatColoringSetWeightType.md
MatColoringView.md
MatCreateLaplacian.md
MatGetOrdering.md
MatMeshToCellGraph.md
MatOrderingRegister.md
MatOrderingRegisterAll.md
MatPartitioningApply.md
MatPartitioningApplyND.md
MatPartitioningChacoGetEigenNumber.md
MatPartitioningChacoGetEigenSolver.md
MatPartitioningChacoGetEigenTol.md
MatPartitioningChacoGetGlobal.md
MatPartitioningChacoGetLocal.md
MatPartitioningChacoSetCoarseLevel.md
MatPartitioningChacoSetEigenNumber.md
MatPartitioningChacoSetEigenSolver.md
MatPartitioningChacoSetEigenTol.md
MatPartitioningChacoSetGlobal.md
MatPartitioningChacoSetLocal.md
MatPartitioningCreate.md
MatPartitioningDestroy.md
MatPartitioningGetType.md
MatPartitioningGetUseEdgeWeights.md
MatPartitioningImprove.md
MatPartitioningPTScotchGetImbalance.md
MatPartitioningPTScotchGetStrategy.md
MatPartitioningPTScotchSetImbalance.md
MatPartitioningPTScotchSetStrategy.md
MatPartitioningParmetisGetEdgeCut.md
MatPartitioningParmetisSetCoarseSequential.md
MatPartitioningParmetisSetRepartition.md
MatPartitioningPartySetBipart.md
MatPartitioningPartySetCoarseLevel.md
MatPartitioningPartySetGlobal.md
MatPartitioningPartySetLocal.md
MatPartitioningPartySetMatchOptimization.md
MatPartitioningRegister.md
MatPartitioningRegisterAll.md
MatPartitioningSetAdjacency.md
MatPartitioningSetFromOptions.md
MatPartitioningSetNParts.md
MatPartitioningSetNumberVertexWeights.md
MatPartitioningSetPartitionWeights.md
MatPartitioningSetType.md
MatPartitioningSetUseEdgeWeights.md
MatPartitioningSetVertexWeights.md
MatPartitioningView.md
MatPartitioningViewFromOptions.md
MatPartitioningViewImbalance.md
PetscPartitioner.md
PetscPartitionerType.md
```


