# PassiveReal

PETSc type that represents a double precision real number

This is the same as a PetscReal except in code that is automatically differentiated it is treated as a constant (not an indendent or dependent variable)

### See Also

PetscScalar, PetscReal, PassiveScalar

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Location: include/petsc.h
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