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Leave a note about DAEs.
authorWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@colostate.edu>
Mon, 1 Jul 2024 23:10:14 +0000 (17:10 -0600)
committerWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@colostate.edu>
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:58:35 +0000 (11:58 -0600)
examples/step-86/doc/intro.dox

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@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ provide the ability to take a solution vector and set its constrained
 (algebraic) entries to their correct values; for us, that will mean
 setting boundary values and hanging node constraints correctly.
 
+(We note that when dealing with Differential-Algebraic Equations (DAEs),
+the algebraic components identified by the first callback mentioned
+above contain hanging nodes, Dirichlet boundary nodes, *and degrees
+of freedom for which the equation does not provide time derivatives*.
+This is not of concern to us here, and so we will not dwell on
+the issue -- or the fact that the second callback in the case of DAEs
+should set only a subset of the algebraic components -- and instead
+refer to the examples shown in the SUNDIALS::IDA class documentation.)
+
 
 <h3> Complication 2: Mesh refinement </h3>
 

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