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PETSc for Python
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Overview
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Welcome to PETSc for Python. This package provides Python bindings for
PETSc_, the *Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation*.

Dependencies
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* A matching version of PETSc_  built with *shared/dynamic libraries*.

* Python_ 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 or above.

* A recent NumPy_ release.

* To work with the in-development version, you need Cython_.

.. _PETSc:  http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/
.. _Python: http://www.python.org
.. _NumPy:  http://www.numpy.org
.. _Cython: http://www.cython.org
