From: Wolfgang Bangerth Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 21:03:46 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Minor edits to SymmetricTensor documentation. X-Git-Tag: v8.5.0-rc1~999^2 X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F2650%2Fhead;p=dealii.git Minor edits to SymmetricTensor documentation. --- diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h b/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h index 671a1c3301..f16c5af98a 100644 --- a/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h +++ b/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ namespace internal * as the location of the data. It is therefore possible to produce far more * efficient code than for matrices with runtime-dependent dimension. It is * also more efficient than using the more general Tensor class, - * since less elements are stored, and the class automatically makes sure that + * since fewer elements are stored, and the class automatically makes sure that * the tensor represents a symmetric object. * * For tensors of higher rank, the savings in storage are even higher. For @@ -464,11 +464,12 @@ namespace internal * symmetric rank-2 tensors and the colon indicates the common double-index * contraction that acts as a product for symmetric tensors. * - * Symmetric tensors are most often used in structural and fluid mechanics, - * where strains and stresses are usually symmetric tensors, and the stress- - * strain relationship is given by a symmetric rank-4 tensor. + * Symmetric tensors are most often used in structural and fluid + * mechanics, where strains and stresses are usually symmetric + * tensors, and the stress-strain relationship is given by a symmetric + * rank-4 tensor. * - * Note that symmetric tensors only exist with even numbers of indices. In + * @note Symmetric tensors only exist with even numbers of indices. In * other words, the only objects that you can use are * SymmetricTensor<2,dim>, SymmetricTensor<4,dim>, etc, but * SymmetricTensor<1,dim> and SymmetricTensor<3,dim> do not