# TSSolve
Steps the requested number of timesteps. 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscts.h"  
PetscErrorCode TSSolve(TS ts, Vec u)
```
Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***ts -*** the `TS` context obtained from `TSCreate()`
- ***u -*** the solution vector  (can be null if `TSSetSolution()` was used and `TSSetExactFinalTime`(ts,`TS_EXACTFINALTIME_MATCHSTEP`) was not used,
otherwise must contain the initial conditions and will contain the solution at the final requested time





## Notes
The final time returned by this function may be different from the time of the internally
held state accessible by `TSGetSolution()` and `TSGetTime()` because the method may have
stepped over the final time.


## See Also
 [](chapter_ts), `TS`, `TSCreate()`, `TSSetSolution()`, `TSStep()`, `TSGetTime()`, `TSGetSolveTime()`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/interface/ts.c.html#TSSolve">src/ts/interface/ts.c</A>

## Examples
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex1.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex1.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex10.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex10.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex11.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex11.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex11_sa.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex11_sa.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex12.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex12.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex13.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex13.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex14.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex14.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex15.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex15.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex16.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex16.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex16fwd.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex16fwd.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex17.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex17.c.html</A><BR>

## Implementations

<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/impls/implicit/glle/glle.c.html#TSSolve_GLLE">TSSolve_GLLE in src/ts/impls/implicit/glle/glle.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/impls/implicit/radau5/radau5.c.html#TSSolve_Radau5">TSSolve_Radau5 in src/ts/impls/implicit/radau5/radau5.c</A><BR>


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