From: Matthias Maier <tamiko@43-1.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 04:57:08 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Bugfixes: Update wrong descriptions, fix typos
X-Git-Tag: v8.4.0-rc2~466^2~20
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ef412a1409fc42fa2840eb318ea4bef9913e4a8f;p=dealii.git

Bugfixes: Update wrong descriptions, fix typos
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h b/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h
index adf1df91e7..53c1314bca 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ operator * (const Tensor<0,dim,Number> &t,
 
 
 /**
- * Division of a tensor of rank 0 with a scalar number.
+ * Division of a tensor of rank 0 by a scalar number.
  *
  * @relates Tensor<0,dim,Number>
  * @relates EnableIfScalar
diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/tensor_base.h b/include/deal.II/base/tensor_base.h
index 741b960096..9ec99e4123 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/base/tensor_base.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/tensor_base.h
@@ -247,18 +247,16 @@ public:
   void clear ();
 
   /**
-   * Return the Frobenius-norm of a tensor, i.e. the square root of the sum of
-   * squares of all entries. For the present case of rank-1 tensors, this
-   * equals the usual <tt>l<sub>2</sub></tt> norm of the vector.
+   * Return the Frobenius-norm of a tensor, i.e. the square root of the sum
+   * of the absolute squares of all entries. For the present case of rank-1
+   * tensors, this equals the usual <tt>l<sub>2</sub></tt> norm of the
+   * vector.
    */
   real_type norm () const;
 
   /**
-   * Return the square of the Frobenius-norm of a tensor, i.e. the square root
-   * of the sum of squares of all entries.
-   *
-   * This function mainly exists because it makes computing the norm simpler
-   * recursively, but may also be useful in other contexts.
+   * Return the square of the Frobenius-norm of a tensor, i.e. the sum of
+   * the absolute squares of all entries.
    */
   real_type norm_square () const;
 
@@ -535,17 +533,16 @@ public:
   void clear ();
 
   /**
-   * Return the Frobenius-norm of a tensor, i.e. the square root of the sum of
-   * squares of all entries.
+   * Return the Frobenius-norm of a tensor, i.e. the square root of the sum
+   * of the absolute squares of all entries. For the present case of rank-1
+   * tensors, this equals the usual <tt>l<sub>2</sub></tt> norm of the
+   * vector.
    */
   real_type norm () const;
 
   /**
    * Return the square of the Frobenius-norm of a tensor, i.e. the sum of
-   * squares of all entries.
-   *
-   * This function mainly exists because it makes computing the norm simpler
-   * recursively, but may also be useful in other contexts.
+   * the absolute squares of all entries.
    */
   real_type norm_square () const;