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-ParMETIS (Parallel Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix  Ordering)
+ParMETIS (Parallel Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix
+Ordering)
 
-ParMETIS is an MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety 
-of algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs, meshes, and for 
+ParMETIS is an MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety
+of algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs, meshes, and for
 computing fill-reducing orderings of sparse matrices.
 
-Set precision type:
-DP=yes (for 64-bit, default is 32-bit)
+Set precision type: DP=yes (for 64-bit, default is 32-bit)
 
 The requirement is a MPI implementation, either mpich or openmpi.