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Mention step-17
authorWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:13:03 +0000 (19:13 +0000)
committerWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:13:03 +0000 (19:13 +0000)
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deal.II/doc/news/c-4-0.html
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@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ contributor's names are abbreviated by WB (Wolfgang Bangerth), GK
 <h3>General</h3>
 
 <ol>
+  <li> <p> New:
+       The step-17 example program shows how to use the new PETSc wrapper
+       classes, and how to do large-scale computations with up to many
+       millions of unknowns on a cluster of computers. This program shows
+       that deal.II is well-suited for truly massive parallel
+       computations. The step-15 and step-16 programs have not yet been
+       finished yet (despite having been started long before step-17), which
+       explains the holes in the numbering of example programs.
+       <br>
+       (WB 2004/04/12)
+       </p>
+
   <li> <p> New: <acronym>deal.II</acronym> is now able to interface to the 
        <a href="http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis/index.html"
        target="_top">METIS</a> library to generate domain partitionings. This
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     <a href="c-4-0.html">here.</a></p>
 
     <dl>
+      <dt>
+          <strong>2004/04/12: New example program for PETSc classes and
+          parallel computing</strong>
+      </dt>
+      <dd>
+          The step-17 example program shows how to use the new PETSc wrapper
+          classes, and how to do large-scale computations with up to many
+          millions of unknowns on a cluster of computers. This program shows
+          that deal.II is well-suited for truly massive parallel
+          computations.
+      </dd>
+
       <dt>
           <strong>2004/03/08: Interfaces to PETSc and METIS</strong>
       </dt>

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