New functions in petsc classes.

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+  <li> <p>
+       New: The new function <code
+       class="member">PetscWrappers::VectorBase::set</code> allows to set
+       several vector elements at once.
+       <br> 
+       (WB, 2005/08/10)
+       </p>
+
+  <li> <p>
+       New: There are now functions <code
+       class="member">PetscWrappers::MatrixBase::clear_row</code> and <code
+       class="member">clear_rows</code> that allow to set the elements of a row
+       of a matrix to zero, without having to traverse the individual
+       elements.
+       <br> 
+       (WB, 2005/08/10)
+       </p>
+
   <li> <p>
        Fixed: <code class="class">SparsityPattern</code>::<code
        class="member">block_write</code> neither wrote the number of