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+/*************************************************************************************
+
+    Grid physics library, www.github.com/paboyle/Grid 
+
+    Source file: ./tests/Test_dwf_hdcr.cc
+
+    Copyright (C) 2015
+
+Author: Antonin Portelli <antonin.portelli@me.com>
+Author: Peter Boyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
+Author: paboyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+    See the full license in the file "LICENSE" in the top level distribution directory
+    *************************************************************************************/
+    /*  END LEGAL */
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+#include <Grid/algorithms/iterative/PrecGeneralisedConjugateResidual.h>
+#include <Grid/algorithms/iterative/PrecGeneralisedConjugateResidualNonHermitian.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace Grid;
+/* Params
+ * Grid: 
+ * block1(4)
+ * block2(4)
+ * 
+ * Subspace
+ * * Fine  : Subspace(nbasis,hi,lo,order,first,step) -- 32, 60,0.02,500,100,100
+ * * Coarse: Subspace(nbasis,hi,lo,order,first,step) -- 32, 18,0.02,500,100,100
+
+ * Smoother:
+ * * Fine: Cheby(hi, lo, order)            --  60,0.5,10
+ * * Coarse: Cheby(hi, lo, order)          --  12,0.1,4
+
+ * Lanczos:
+ * CoarseCoarse IRL( Nk, Nm, Nstop, poly(lo,hi,order))   24,36,24,0.002,4.0,61 
+ */
+RealD InverseApproximation(RealD x){
+  return 1.0/x;
+}
+
+template<class Field,class Matrix> class ChebyshevSmoother : public LinearFunction<Field>
+{
+public:
+  typedef LinearOperatorBase<Field>                            FineOperator;
+  Matrix         & _SmootherMatrix;
+  FineOperator   & _SmootherOperator;
+  
+  Chebyshev<Field> Cheby;
+
+  ChebyshevSmoother(RealD _lo,RealD _hi,int _ord, FineOperator &SmootherOperator,Matrix &SmootherMatrix) :
+    _SmootherOperator(SmootherOperator),
+    _SmootherMatrix(SmootherMatrix),
+    Cheby(_lo,_hi,_ord,InverseApproximation)
+  {};
+
+  void operator() (const Field &in, Field &out) 
+  {
+    Field tmp(in.Grid());
+    MdagMLinearOperator<Matrix,Field>   MdagMOp(_SmootherMatrix); 
+    _SmootherOperator.AdjOp(in,tmp);
+    Cheby(MdagMOp,tmp,out);         
+  }
+};
+template<class Field,class Matrix> class MirsSmoother : public LinearFunction<Field>
+{
+public:
+  typedef LinearOperatorBase<Field>                            FineOperator;
+  Matrix         & SmootherMatrix;
+  FineOperator   & SmootherOperator;
+  RealD tol;
+  RealD shift;
+  int   maxit;
+
+  MirsSmoother(RealD _shift,RealD _tol,int _maxit,FineOperator &_SmootherOperator,Matrix &_SmootherMatrix) :
+    shift(_shift),tol(_tol),maxit(_maxit),
+    SmootherOperator(_SmootherOperator),
+    SmootherMatrix(_SmootherMatrix)
+  {};
+
+  void operator() (const Field &in, Field &out) 
+  {
+    ZeroGuesser<Field> Guess;
+    ConjugateGradient<Field>  CG(tol,maxit,false);
+ 
+    Field src(in.Grid());
+
+    ShiftedMdagMLinearOperator<SparseMatrixBase<Field>,Field> MdagMOp(SmootherMatrix,shift);
+    SmootherOperator.AdjOp(in,src);
+    Guess(src,out);
+    CG(MdagMOp,src,out); 
+  }
+};
+template<class Field,class Matrix> class RedBlackSmoother : public LinearFunction<Field>
+{
+public:
+  typedef LinearOperatorBase<Field>                            FineOperator;
+  Matrix         & SmootherMatrix;
+  RealD tol;
+  RealD shift;
+  int   maxit;
+
+  RedBlackSmoother(RealD _shift,RealD _tol,int _maxit,Matrix &_SmootherMatrix) :
+    shift(_shift),tol(_tol),maxit(_maxit),
+    SmootherMatrix(_SmootherMatrix)
+  {};
+
+  void operator() (const Field &in, Field &out) 
+  {
+    std::cout << " Red Black Smootheer "<<norm2(in)<<" " <<norm2(out)<<std::endl;
+    ConjugateGradient<Field>  CG(tol,maxit,false);
+    out =Zero();
+    SchurRedBlackDiagMooeeSolve<Field> RBSolver(CG);
+    RBSolver(SmootherMatrix,in,out); 
+    std::cout << " Red Black Smootheer "<<norm2(in)<<" " <<norm2(out)<<std::endl;
+  }
+};
+
+
+template<class Fobj,class CComplex,int nbasis, class Matrix, class Guesser, class CoarseSolver>
+class MultiGridPreconditioner : public LinearFunction< Lattice<Fobj> > {
+public:
+
+  typedef Aggregation<Fobj,CComplex,nbasis> Aggregates;
+  typedef CoarsenedMatrix<Fobj,CComplex,nbasis> CoarseOperator;
+  typedef typename Aggregation<Fobj,CComplex,nbasis>::CoarseVector CoarseVector;
+  typedef typename Aggregation<Fobj,CComplex,nbasis>::CoarseMatrix CoarseMatrix;
+  typedef typename Aggregation<Fobj,CComplex,nbasis>::FineField    FineField;
+  typedef LinearOperatorBase<FineField>                            FineOperator;
+  typedef LinearFunction    <FineField>                            FineSmoother;
+
+  Aggregates     & _Aggregates;
+  CoarseOperator & _CoarseOperator;
+  Matrix         & _FineMatrix;
+  FineOperator   & _FineOperator;
+  Guesser        & _Guess;
+  FineSmoother   & _Smoother1;
+  FineSmoother   & _Smoother2;
+  CoarseSolver   & _CoarseSolve;
+
+  int    level;  void Level(int lv) {level = lv; };
+
+#define GridLogLevel std::cout << GridLogMessage <<std::string(level,'\t')<< " Level "<<level <<" "
+
+  MultiGridPreconditioner(Aggregates &Agg, CoarseOperator &Coarse, 
+			  FineOperator &Fine,Matrix &FineMatrix,
+			  FineSmoother &Smoother1,
+			  FineSmoother &Smoother2,
+			  Guesser &Guess_,
+			  CoarseSolver &CoarseSolve_)
+    : _Aggregates(Agg),
+      _CoarseOperator(Coarse),
+      _FineOperator(Fine),
+      _FineMatrix(FineMatrix),
+      _Smoother1(Smoother1),
+      _Smoother2(Smoother2),
+      _Guess(Guess_),
+      _CoarseSolve(CoarseSolve_),
+      level(1)  {  }
+
+  MultiGridPreconditioner(Aggregates &Agg, CoarseOperator &Coarse, 
+			  FineOperator &Fine,Matrix &FineMatrix,
+			  FineSmoother &Smoother,
+			  Guesser &Guess_,
+			  CoarseSolver &CoarseSolve_)
+    : _Aggregates(Agg),
+      _CoarseOperator(Coarse),
+      _FineOperator(Fine),
+      _FineMatrix(FineMatrix),
+      _Smoother1(Smoother),
+      _Smoother2(Smoother),
+      _Guess(Guess_),
+      _CoarseSolve(CoarseSolve_),
+      level(1)  {  }
+
+  virtual void operator()(const FineField &in, FineField & out) 
+  {
+    CoarseVector Csrc(_CoarseOperator.Grid());
+    CoarseVector Csol(_CoarseOperator.Grid()); 
+    FineField vec1(in.Grid());
+    FineField vec2(in.Grid());
+
+    double t;
+    // Fine Smoother
+    t=-usecond();
+    _Smoother1(in,out);
+    t+=usecond();
+    GridLogLevel << "Smoother took "<< t/1000.0<< "ms" <<std::endl;
+
+    // Update the residual
+    _FineOperator.Op(out,vec1);  sub(vec1, in ,vec1);   
+
+    // Fine to Coarse 
+    t=-usecond();
+    _Aggregates.ProjectToSubspace  (Csrc,vec1);
+    t+=usecond();
+    GridLogLevel << "Project to coarse took "<< t/1000.0<< "ms" <<std::endl;
+
+    // Coarse correction
+    t=-usecond();
+    _CoarseSolve(Csrc,Csol);
+    t+=usecond();
+    GridLogLevel << "Coarse solve took "<< t/1000.0<< "ms" <<std::endl;
+
+    // Coarse to Fine
+    t=-usecond();
+    _Aggregates.PromoteFromSubspace(Csol,vec1); 
+    add(out,out,vec1);
+    t+=usecond();
+    GridLogLevel << "Promote to this level took "<< t/1000.0<< "ms" <<std::endl;
+
+    // Residual
+    _FineOperator.Op(out,vec1);  sub(vec1 ,in , vec1);  
+
+    // Fine Smoother
+    t=-usecond();
+    _Smoother2(vec1,vec2);
+    t+=usecond();
+    GridLogLevel << "Smoother took "<< t/1000.0<< "ms" <<std::endl;
+
+    add( out,out,vec2);
+  }
+};
+
+int main (int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+  Grid_init(&argc,&argv);
+
+  const int Ls=16;
+  const int rLs=8;
+
+  GridCartesian         * UGrid   = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFourDimGrid(GridDefaultLatt(), GridDefaultSimd(Nd,vComplex::Nsimd()),GridDefaultMpi());
+  GridRedBlackCartesian * UrbGrid = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFourDimRedBlackGrid(UGrid);
+
+  GridCartesian         * FGrid   = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFiveDimGrid(Ls,UGrid);
+  GridRedBlackCartesian * FrbGrid = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFiveDimRedBlackGrid(Ls,UGrid);
+
+  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Construct a coarsened grid; utility for this?
+  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  std::vector<int> block ({2,2,2,2});
+  const int nbasis= 32;
+
+  auto clatt = GridDefaultLatt();
+  for(int d=0;d<clatt.size();d++){
+    clatt[d] = clatt[d]/block[d];
+  }
+
+  GridCartesian *Coarse4d =  SpaceTimeGrid::makeFourDimGrid(clatt, GridDefaultSimd(Nd,vComplex::Nsimd()),GridDefaultMpi());;
+  GridCartesian *Coarse5d =  SpaceTimeGrid::makeFiveDimGrid(1,Coarse4d);
+
+  std::vector<int> seeds4({1,2,3,4});
+  std::vector<int> seeds5({5,6,7,8});
+  std::vector<int> cseeds({5,6,7,8});
+  GridParallelRNG          RNG5(FGrid);   RNG5.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
+  GridParallelRNG          RNG4(UGrid);   RNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
+  GridParallelRNG          CRNG(Coarse5d);CRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(cseeds);
+  LatticeFermion    src(FGrid); gaussian(RNG5,src);// src=src+g5*src;
+  LatticeFermion result(FGrid); 
+  LatticeGaugeField Umu(UGrid); 
+
+  FieldMetaData header;
+  std::string file("./ckpoint_lat");
+  NerscIO::readConfiguration(Umu,header,file);
+
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "Building g5R5 hermitian DWF operator" <<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  RealD mass=0.001;
+  RealD M5=1.8;
+  DomainWallFermionR Ddwf(Umu,*FGrid,*FrbGrid,*UGrid,*UrbGrid,mass,M5);
+
+  typedef Aggregation<vSpinColourVector,vTComplex,nbasis>              Subspace;
+  typedef CoarsenedMatrix<vSpinColourVector,vTComplex,nbasis>          CoarseOperator;
+  typedef CoarseOperator::CoarseVector                                 CoarseVector;
+  typedef CoarseOperator::siteVector siteVector;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "Calling Aggregation class to build subspace" <<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  MdagMLinearOperator<DomainWallFermionR,LatticeFermion> HermDefOp(Ddwf);
+
+  Subspace Aggregates(Coarse5d,FGrid,0);
+
+  assert ( (nbasis & 0x1)==0);
+  {
+    int nb=nbasis/2;
+    //    Aggregates.CreateSubspaceChebyshev(RNG5,HermDefOp,nb,60.0,0.05,500,200,100,0.0);// 18s
+    //   rAggregates.CreateSubspaceChebyshev(RNG5,rHermDefOp,nb,60.0,0.05,500,200,150,0.0);// 15.7 23iter
+    Aggregates.CreateSubspaceChebyshev(RNG5,HermDefOp,nb,60.0,0.05,500,200,150,0.0);//
+    // pad out the rAggregates.
+
+    //    Aggregates.CreateSubspaceChebyshev(RNG5,HermDefOp,nb,60.0,0.05,500,500,150,0.0);// 19s 
+
+    //    Aggregates.CreateSubspaceChebyshev(RNG5,HermDefOp,nb,60.0,0.05,500,200,200,0.0); 15.2s
+    //    Aggregates.CreateSubspaceChebyshev(RNG5,HermDefOp,nb,60.0,0.05,500,500,200,0.0); 16.3s
+
+    for(int n=0;n<nb;n++){
+      G5R5(Aggregates.subspace[n+nb],Aggregates.subspace[n]);
+    }
+    LatticeFermion A(FGrid);
+    LatticeFermion B(FGrid);
+    for(int n=0;n<nb;n++){
+      A = Aggregates.subspace[n];
+      B = Aggregates.subspace[n+nb];
+      Aggregates.subspace[n]   = A+B; // 1+G5 // eigen value of G5R5 is +1
+      Aggregates.subspace[n+nb]= A-B; // 1-G5 // eigen value of G5R5 is -1
+    }
+  }
+  
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "Building coarse representation of Indef operator" <<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  typedef CoarsenedMatrix<vSpinColourVector,vTComplex,nbasis>    Level1Op;
+
+  Gamma5R5HermitianLinearOperator<DomainWallFermionR,LatticeFermion> HermIndefOp(Ddwf);
+
+  Level1Op LDOp(*Coarse5d,1); LDOp.CoarsenOperator(FGrid,HermIndefOp,Aggregates);
+
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << " Running Coarse grid Lanczos "<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+
+  MdagMLinearOperator<Level1Op,CoarseVector> IRLHermOp(LDOp);
+  Chebyshev<CoarseVector> IRLCheby(0.002,12.,151);
+  FunctionHermOp<CoarseVector> IRLOpCheby(IRLCheby,IRLHermOp);
+  PlainHermOp<CoarseVector> IRLOp    (IRLHermOp);
+  int Nk=48;
+  int Nm=64;
+  int Nstop=48;
+  int Nconv;
+  ImplicitlyRestartedLanczos<CoarseVector> IRL(IRLOpCheby,IRLOp,Nstop,Nk,Nm,1.0e-3,20);
+
+  std::vector<RealD>          eval(Nm);
+  std::vector<CoarseVector>   evec(Nm,Coarse5d);
+  CoarseVector c_src(Coarse5d);
+  gaussian(CRNG,c_src);
+  IRL.calc(eval,evec,c_src,Nconv);
+
+  //  ConjugateGradient<CoarseVector>  CoarseCG(0.01,1000);
+  
+  ConjugateGradient<CoarseVector>  CoarseCG(0.02,1000);// 14.7s
+  DeflatedGuesser<CoarseVector> DeflCoarseGuesser(evec,eval);
+  NormalEquations<CoarseVector> DeflCoarseCGNE(LDOp,CoarseCG,DeflCoarseGuesser);
+
+  c_src=1.0;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << " Fine        PowerMethod           "<< std::endl;
+  PowerMethod<LatticeFermion>       PM;   PM(HermDefOp,src);
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << " Coarse       PowerMethod           "<< std::endl;
+  MdagMLinearOperator<CoarseOperator,CoarseVector> PosdefLdop(LDOp);
+  PowerMethod<CoarseVector>        cPM;  cPM(PosdefLdop,c_src);
+
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "Building 2 level Multigrid            "<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  typedef MultiGridPreconditioner<vSpinColourVector,  vTComplex,nbasis, DomainWallFermionR,DeflatedGuesser<CoarseVector> , NormalEquations<CoarseVector> >   TwoLevelMG;
+
+  // MultiGrid preconditioner acting on the coarse space <-> coarsecoarse space
+  //  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(0.5,60.0,14,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 72 iter 63s
+  //  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(0.1,60.0,20,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 66 iter 69s
+  //  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(0.5,60.0,20,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 63 iter 65  s
+  //  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(1.0,60.0,20,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 69, 70
+  //  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(1.0,60.0,14,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 77
+
+  //  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(0.5,60.0,10,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 23 iter 15.9s
+  //  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(0.5,60.0,14,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 20, 16.9s
+  ChebyshevSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineSmoother(0.5,60.0,12,HermIndefOp,Ddwf); // 21, 15.6s
+
+  //  MirsSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineCGSmoother(0.05,0.01,20,HermIndefOp,Ddwf);
+  //  RedBlackSmoother<LatticeFermion,DomainWallFermionR> FineRBSmoother(0.00,0.001,100,Ddwf);
+
+  // Wrap the 2nd level solver in a MultiGrid preconditioner acting on the fine space
+  ZeroGuesser<CoarseVector> CoarseZeroGuesser;
+  TwoLevelMG TwoLevelPrecon(Aggregates, LDOp,
+			    HermIndefOp,Ddwf,
+			    FineSmoother,
+			    DeflCoarseGuesser,
+			    DeflCoarseCGNE);
+  TwoLevelPrecon.Level(1);
+
+  // Apply the fine-coarse-coarsecoarse 2 deep MG preconditioner in an outer PGCR on the fine fgrid
+  PrecGeneralisedConjugateResidual<LatticeFermion> l1PGCR(1.0e-8,1000,HermIndefOp,TwoLevelPrecon,16,16);
+  l1PGCR.Level(1);
+
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "Calling 2 level Multigrid            "<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  result=Zero();
+  l1PGCR(src,result);
+
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "Fine CG prec DiagMooee "<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+
+
+  ConjugateGradient<LatticeFermion>          FineCG(1.0e-8,10000);
+  SchurDiagMooeeOperator<DomainWallFermionR,LatticeFermion> FineDiagMooee(Ddwf); //  M_ee - Meo Moo^-1 Moe 
+  LatticeFermion f_src_e(FrbGrid); f_src_e=1.0;
+  LatticeFermion f_res_e(FrbGrid); f_res_e=Zero();
+  FineCG(FineDiagMooee,f_src_e,f_res_e);
+
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "Done "<< std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "**************************************************"<< std::endl;
+  Grid_finalize();
+}