What solver should I use then? just direct solver?

Edith
> On Oct 10, 2016, at 2:47 PM, Wolfgang Bangerth <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 10/10/2016 01:24 PM, Edith Sotelo wrote:
>> I am solving for a plane wave.
>> laplacian (u) +k^2 u =0  domain (0,1) * (0,1) ; k =20 for this case
> 
> This is the "bad" sign. If k is large enough, your operator (and consequently 
> the matrix) will not be positive definite. Consequently, CG may not converge.
> 
> Best
> W.
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