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+The newly released Version 3.1 of deal.II, an object-oriented finite
+element library, is available from the deal.II home-page at
+
+      http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal
+
+It has significant improvements over the old version 3.0. See the news
+page at
+ http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal/news/2000/3.0.0-vs-3.1.0.html
+
+deal.II is a  C++ class library targeted at  adaptive finite elements.
+It uses state-of-the-art programming techniques of the C++ programming
+language  to  offer  you  a  modern  interface  to  the  complex  data
+structures  and algorithms  required  for locally  refined meshes  and
+enables you to use a variety of finite elements in one, two, and three
+space dimensions, as well as support for time-dependent problems.
+
+The library is written for research purposes and offers many features:
+- Support  for one, two, and  three space dimensions,  using a unified
+  interface that enables writing programs almost dimension independent.
+
+- Handling of locally  refined  grids,  including  different  adaptive
+  refinement strategies based  on  local error  indicators  and  error
+  estimators.
+
+- Support  for  a  variety  of  finite  elements,  including  Lagrange 
+  elements of order one through four, and discontinuous elements.
+
+- Extensive documentation: all documentation is available online in  a
+  logical tree structure to allow fast access to the  information  you 
+  need. If printed it comprises about 250 pages of tutorials,  several
+  reports, and far more than  1,000  pages  of  programming  interface
+  documentation with  explanations  of  all  classes,  functions,  and 
+  variables.
+
+- Modern software techniques that make  access  to  the  complex  data
+  structures and algorithms as transparent as  possible.  The  use  of 
+  object oriented programming allows for program structures similar to
+  the structures in mathematical analysis.
+
+- Fast algorithms that enable you to solve problems with up to several
+  millions of degrees of freedom quickly. As  opposed  to  programming 
+  symbolic algebra packages the penalty for readability is low.
+
+- Support for several output formats, including  some  common  formats 
+  for visualization of scientific data.
+
+- Support for  a  variety  of  computer  platforms,  including  multi-
+  processor machines.
+
+- Free  source code  under an  Open Source  license  for noncommercial
+  purposes, and the invitation to contribute to further development of
+  the library.
+
+
+Wolfgang Bangerth, Ralf Hartmann, Guido Kanschat, the deal.II team

diff --git a/deal.II/doc/RELEASE/announce-list b/deal.II/doc/RELEASE/announce-list
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+deal@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
+kc@isc.tamu.edu
+tveldhui@extreme.indiana.edu
+sullivan@mathcom.com
+Ian_MacPhedran@engr.usask.ca, roger@maths.grace.cri.nz
+oon-digest@oonumerics.org
+scicomp@uni-erlangen.de
+na.digest@na-net.ornl.gov

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