From: Timo Heister Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:56:11 +0000 (-0400) Subject: shorten short announcement X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ccf7e6ab4b7d827e8268c14cd4614a36cd486737;p=release-papers.git shorten short announcement --- diff --git a/8.5/announce-short b/8.5/announce-short index c2bb798..111c1c3 100644 --- a/8.5/announce-short +++ b/8.5/announce-short @@ -1,13 +1,10 @@ -Version 8.5.0 of deal.II, the object-oriented finite element library awarded the -J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software, has been released. It is +Version 8.5.0 of deal.II, the object-oriented finite element library awarded +the J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software, has been released. It is available for free under an Open Source license from the deal.II homepage at - - https://www.dealii.org/ +https://www.dealii.org/ The major changes of this release are: - -- The CellDataStorage class provides a mechanism to store and communicate - user-defined data on each cell. +- The CellDataStorage class stores and communicates user-defined data. - The MappingManifold class provides exact mapping between the reference cell and a mesh cell. - Various improvements for high-order elements. @@ -15,13 +12,11 @@ The major changes of this release are: mechanism that allows the attachment of arbitrary additional information. - A dedicated physics module to provide definitions and operations used in continuum mechanics. -- The FE_Enriched class implements the operation of enriching the finite - element space of an underlying element. -- The FESeries namespace provides expansions of a finite element solution in - terms of different, hierarchical bases. +- The FE_Enriched class implements an enriched finite element space of an + underlying element. The FESeries namespace provides expansions of a finite + element solution in terms of different, hierarchical bases. - New tutorial programs step-55, step-56, and step-57; as well as updates to - step-27, step-37, and step-44. In addition, the separate code gallery of - deal.II has gained a number of new entries. + step-27, step-37, and step-44. - More than 240 other features and bugfixes, see the full list of changes at https://www.dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/changes_between_8_4_2_and_8_5_0.html @@ -33,7 +28,6 @@ The main features of deal.II are: - Built-in support for shared memory and distributed parallel computing, scaling from laptops to clusters with 100,000+ of processor cores - Interfaces to Trilinos, PETSc, METIS, UMFPACK and other external software -- Output for a wide variety of visualization platforms. D. Arndt, W. Bangerth, D. Davydov, T. Heister, L. Heltai, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, J.-P. Pelteret, B. Turcksin, D. Wells, and many other contributors.