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<h3>General</h3>
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+ <li> <p>
+ New: Output for <a href="http:www.opendx.org">OpenDX</a> has
+ been added. It can be used by choosing output format «dx» (not
+ yet for grid output). The data format is very basic now, but it
+ is planned to improve this to make use of the excellent
+ capabilites of OpenDX.</p>
+ <p>
+ Additionally, a directory <tt>contrib/dx</tt> has been added,
+ containing visual programs for OpenDX. Programs for the
+ existing output of data as a single vector are found in the
+ subdirectory <tt>single</tt>.
+ <br>
+ (GK 2001/12/07)
+ </p>
+
<li> <p> Fixed: Previously, the $(INCLUDE) variable in Makefiles
included the values of the $INCLUDE environment variable. This
is not desirable, since the compiler evaluates that variable
(WB 2001/09/28)
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- <li> <p>
- New: <code class="class">Vector</code>::<code class="member">operator *</code> is now
- templatized, allowing for scalar products of vectors with
- different underlying types.
+ <li> <p> New: <code class="class">Vector</code>::<code
+ class="member">operator *</code> is now templatized, allowing
+ for scalar products of vectors with different underlying types.
<br>
(WB 2001/09/27)
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<h3>deal.II</h3>
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+ <li> <p>
+ Improved: Both functions <code
+ class="class">VectorTools</code>::<code
+ class="member">compute_mean_value</code> take ingoing and
+ outgoing vector types as template arguments. This allows
+ applying them to <code class="class">BlockVector</code>.
+ <br>
+ (GK 2001/12/07)
+ </p>
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+ <li> <p>
+ New: <code class="class">GridGenerator</code> has a function
+ <code class="member">cylinder</code> for cylinders in three
+ space dimensions. Accoridngly, a class <code
+ class="class">CylinderBoundary</code> has been created.
+ <br>
+ (GK 2001/12/07)
+ </p>
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+
<li> <p>
New: <code class="class">FiniteElement</code>::<code
class="member">has_support_on_face</code> allows to check