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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2020 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE.md at
+// the top level directory of deal.II.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// check MappingQ::transform_real_to_unit_points on MappingQ1 with a point
+// that would at some point return an invalid answer due to a wrongly computed
+// affine approximation, using a point extracted from
+// tests/particles/particle_handler_21.
+
+#include <deal.II/fe/mapping_q.h>
+
+#include <deal.II/grid/grid_generator.h>
+#include <deal.II/grid/tria.h>
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+
+template <int dim>
+void
+test()
+{
+ Triangulation<dim> tria;
+ GridGenerator::hyper_ball(tria, Point<dim>(), 1.0);
+ tria.refine_global(3);
+
+ // pick out a particular cell
+ const typename Triangulation<dim>::cell_iterator coarse_cell(&tria, 0, 5);
+ const auto cell = coarse_cell->child(0)->child(5)->child(7);
+
+ std::vector<Point<dim>> real_points{
+ Point<3>(-0.0489699, -0.859053, -0.0489699)};
+ std::vector<Point<dim>> unit_points(real_points.size());
+
+ for (unsigned int degree = 1; degree < 4; ++degree)
+ {
+ MappingQ<dim> mapping(degree);
+ mapping.transform_points_real_to_unit_cell(cell,
+ real_points,
+ unit_points);
+
+ deallog << "Transform on cell with center: " << cell->center(true)
+ << " with mapping degree " << degree << std::endl;
+ deallog << "Combined transform " << real_points[0] << " gives "
+ << unit_points[0] << std::endl;
+
+ deallog << "Classic transform " << real_points[0] << " gives "
+ << mapping.transform_real_to_unit_cell(cell, real_points[0])
+ << std::endl;
+ }
+
+ deallog << "OK" << std::endl;
+}
+
+
+
+int
+main()
+{
+ initlog();
+ deallog << std::setprecision(10);
+
+ test<3>();
+}
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+
+DEAL::Transform on cell with center: -0.08086235035 -0.8200448543 -0.08086235035 with mapping degree 1
+DEAL::Combined transform -0.04896990000 -0.8590530000 -0.04896990000 gives 0.7082205181 0.2510034894 0.7082205181
+DEAL::Classic transform -0.04896990000 -0.8590530000 -0.04896990000 gives 0.7082205181 0.2510034894 0.7082205181
+DEAL::Transform on cell with center: -0.08086235035 -0.8200448543 -0.08086235035 with mapping degree 2
+DEAL::Combined transform -0.04896990000 -0.8590530000 -0.04896990000 gives 0.7082205181 0.2510034894 0.7082205181
+DEAL::Classic transform -0.04896990000 -0.8590530000 -0.04896990000 gives 0.7082205181 0.2510034894 0.7082205181
+DEAL::Transform on cell with center: -0.08086235035 -0.8200448543 -0.08086235035 with mapping degree 3
+DEAL::Combined transform -0.04896990000 -0.8590530000 -0.04896990000 gives 0.7082205181 0.2510034894 0.7082205181
+DEAL::Classic transform -0.04896990000 -0.8590530000 -0.04896990000 gives 0.7082205181 0.2510034894 0.7082205181
+DEAL::OK