-The last thing to do is then ***optimize our algorithm choice***. We have been using `Tsit5()` as our test algorithm, but in reality this problem is a stiff PDE discretization and thus one recommendation is to use `CVODE_BDF()`. However, instead of using the default dense Jacobian, we should make use of the sparse Jacobian afforded by the problem. The Jacobian is the matrix $\frac{df_i}{dr_j}$, where $r$ is read by the linear index (i.e. down columns). But since the $u$ variables depend on the $v$, the band size here is large, and thus this will not do well with a Banded Jacobian solver. Instead, we utilize sparse Jacobian algorithms. `CVODE_BDF` allows us to use a sparse Newton-Krylov solver by setting `linear_solver = :GMRES` (see [the solver documentation](http://docs.juliadiffeq.org/latest/solvers/ode_solve.html#Sundials.jl-1), and thus we can solve this problem efficiently. Let's see how this scales as we increase the integration time.
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