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+Version 3.3 of the well-known deal.II object-oriented finite element
+library has been released. It is available from the deal.II home-page
+at
+ http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal
+
+The most important improvements over the previous version are:
+- Support for the graphical file formats used by Tecplot and OpenDX.
+- An example program demonstrating the Discontinuous Galerkin Finite
+ Element Method (DGFEM).
+- Support for subdomains, thus simplifying the creation of programs
+ that run on clusters of computers.
+
+Beside these, the list of changes comprises more than 50 new
+functions, classes, and bug fixes. A concise list with respect to the
+previous version can be found at
+ http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal/news/2002/3.2.0-vs-3.3.0.html
+
+All main features of the previous versions have been continued and
+improved:
+- Support for dimension-independent programming
+- Extensive documentation and working example programs
+- Locally refined grids
+- Continuous and discontinuous elements of higher order
+- Fast linear algebra
+- Built-in support for symmetric multi-processing (SMP)
+- Output for a variety of visualization platforms.
+
+deal.II is distributed under an Open Source license and is free for
+non-commercial use.
+
+
+Wolfgang Bangerth, Ralf Hartmann, Guido Kanschat, the deal.II team