From: bangerth Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:56:00 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Comment on our semantic abuse of the word 'triangulation' X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d636954d19c3652f5ec202cc03aaf05a6d8fd945;p=dealii-svn.git Comment on our semantic abuse of the word 'triangulation' git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@14264 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d --- diff --git a/deal.II/doc/doxygen/headers/grid.h b/deal.II/doc/doxygen/headers/grid.h index 6757a40c71..bec48115c6 100644 --- a/deal.II/doc/doxygen/headers/grid.h +++ b/deal.II/doc/doxygen/headers/grid.h @@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ /** * @defgroup grid Grid classes * - * This module groups classes that have to do with the topology and geometry - * of meshes. A mesh can be thought of a collection of cells; if the mesh has - * been refined (possibly in an adaptive way), then this collection is grouped - * into a hierarchy of refinement levels. In addition to cells, the geometric - * objects that make up a triangulation are the faces of cells (and in 3d the - * edges of cells) as well as the vertices of the cells. + * This module groups classes that have to do with the topology and + * geometry of meshes. A mesh can be thought of a collection of cells; + * if the mesh has been refined (possibly in an adaptive way), then + * this collection is grouped into a hierarchy of refinement + * levels. In addition to cells, the geometric objects that make up a + * triangulation are the faces of cells (and in 3d the edges of cells) + * as well as the vertices of the cells. Note that we abuse the word + * triangulation somewhat, since deal.II only implements + * triangulations made up of linear, quadrilateral, and hexahedral + * cells; triangles and tetrahedra are not supported. * * This collection of cells is managed by the Triangulation class. It holds * the relevant data in memory and offers interfaces to query it. Most things