Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:51:45 +0200 (MET DST)
From: DEAL <deal@hermes.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Subject: Announcing deal.II 3.0
Version 3.0 of the deal.II object-oriented finite element library is
available on the deal.II home-page at
http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal
deal.II is a C++ program library targeted at adaptive finite elements
and error estimation. It uses state-of-the-art programming techniques
of the C++ programming language to offer you a modern interface to the
complex data structures and algorithms required for adaptivity and
enables you to use a variety of finite elements in one, two, and three
space dimensions, as well as support for time-dependent problems.
The library is written for research purposes and offers many features:
- Support for one, two, and three space dimensions, using a unified
interface that enables writing programs almost dimension independent.
- Handling of locally refined grids, including different adaptive
refinement strategies based on local error indicators and error
estimators.
- Support for a variety of finite elements, including Lagrange
elements of order one through four, and discontinuous elements.
- Extensive documentation: all documentation is available online in a
logical tree structure to allow fast access to the information you
need. If printed it comprises about 200 pages of tutorials, several
reports, and far more than 1,000 pages of programming interface
documentation with explanations of all classes, functions, and
variables.
- Modern software techniques that make access to the complex data
structures and algorithms as transparent as possible. The use of
object oriented programming allows for program structures similar to
the structures in mathematical analysis.
- Fast algorithms that enable you to solve problems with up to several
millions of degrees of freedom quickly. As opposed to programming
symbolic algebra packages the penalty for readability is low.
- Support for several output formats, including some common formats
for visualization of scientific data.
- Support for a variety of computer platforms, including multi-
processor machines.
- Free source code under an Open Source license, and the invitation to
contribute to further development of the library.
Wolfgang Bangerth, Guido Kanschat, the deal.II team
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