* associated with it. For this, see the
* @p DoFAccessor::vertex_dof_index
* functions.
+ *
+ * @note Despite the name, the index returned here is only
+ * global in the sense that it is specific to a particular
+ * Triangulation object or, in the case the triangulation is
+ * actually of type parallel::distributed::Triangulation,
+ * specific to that part of the distributed triangulation stored
+ * on the current processor.
*/
unsigned int vertex_index (const unsigned int i) const;
* associated with it. For this, see the
* @p DoFAccessor::vertex_dof_index
* functions.
+ *
+ * @note Despite the name, the index returned here is only
+ * global in the sense that it is specific to a particular
+ * Triangulation object or, in the case the triangulation is
+ * actually of type parallel::distributed::Triangulation,
+ * specific to that part of the distributed triangulation stored
+ * on the current processor.
*/
unsigned int vertex_index (const unsigned int i = 0) const;
/**
* Return the (global) index of the
* @p ith face of this cell.
+ *
+ * @note Despite the name, the index returned here is only
+ * global in the sense that it is specific to a particular
+ * Triangulation object or, in the case the triangulation is
+ * actually of type parallel::distributed::Triangulation,
+ * specific to that part of the distributed triangulation stored
+ * on the current processor.
*/
unsigned int
face_index (const unsigned int i) const;