From: Guido Kanschat Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:15:51 +0000 (+0000) Subject: First version of new announcement X-Git-Tag: v8.0.0~18744 X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bb11799f6be2cd90b6dbd247b7ca10f08468e814;p=dealii.git First version of new announcement git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@5057 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d --- diff --git a/deal.II/doc/RELEASE/announce-3.2 b/deal.II/doc/RELEASE/announce-3.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e9a8a065a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/deal.II/doc/RELEASE/announce-3.2 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Version 3.2 of the well-known object-oriented finite element library +deal.II has been released. It is available from the deal.II home-page +at + + http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal + +The most important improvements are: + +- Mapping of arbitrary order at curved boundaries. This includes the + possibility of using hypo-, iso- and hyperparametric elements, as + well as shape functions depending on the actual grid cell.. +- A matrix class for conveniently filtering Dirichlet boundary values + without reassembling the system matrix. +- A wide variety of target systems by ISO C++ conformance. + + +A concise list of all changes with respect to the previous version can +be found at + + http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal/news/2000/3.1.0-vs-3.2.0.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 +- Output for a variety of visualization platforms + +An still, deal.II is distributed under an Open Source license and it +is free for noncommercial use. + + +Wolfgang Bangerth, Ralf Hartmann, Guido Kanschat, the deal.II team