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This is deal.II newsletter #126.
It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the deal.II finite element library.
Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features:
#10703: Discuss the concept of superconvergence better. (proposed by bangerth)
#10702: Remove manual additions to LAPACK templates (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10701: Generalize DataOut::write_vtk for simplex mesh (proposed by peterrum)
#10700: Fix GeneralDataStorage::get_[or_add_]object_with_name for ICC (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10699: Add simplex module page (proposed by peterrum)
#10698: Remove many GeometryInfo usages from examples (proposed by peterrum)
#10697: Fix a bug in Simplex::GridGenerator (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10696: Remove some if-statements (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10694: Remove deprecated MGConstrainedDoFs::initialize overload (proposed by masterleinad)
#10693: Generalize GridOut::write_vtk() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10692: Add additional ReferenceCell::internal::Infos (proposed by peterrum)
#10691: add TaskFlow WorkStream implementation (proposed by tjhei)
#10690: Implement Simplex::ScalarPolynomial and Simplex::PGauss also for 1D ... (proposed by peterrum)
#10689: Remove some GeometryInfos from grid/tria_accessor.cc (proposed by peterrum)
#10688: Add Simplex::GridGenerator (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10687: Add Simplex::DataOut (proposed by peterrum)
#10686: Remove some GeometryInfos from dofs/dof_tools (proposed by peterrum)
#10685: Remove many GeometryInfos from grid/grid_tools (proposed by peterrum)
#10684: doc: fix incorrect default for DEAL_II_ALLOW_PLATFORM_INTROSPECTION (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#10683: Update the readme for C++14. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#10682: Fix typo (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10681: Implement FEInterfaceValues::get_mapping() and ::get_fe (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10680: Add check to step-12 (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10679: extract TBB colored WorkStream::run (proposed by tjhei)
#10678: Fix compiler warnings for old clang (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10676: Remove deprecated functions (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10675: Instantiate DoFTools::make_boundary_sparsity_pattern for complex types (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10674: Replace FiniteElementData::dofs_per_cell ::dofs_per_vertex (proposed by peterrum)
#10673: Use ReferenceCell::Type to get Info (proposed by peterrum)
#10672: Fixed mesh_loop in one dimension. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged)
#10671: fix taskflow quicktest and fix taskflow linker error (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#10670: Be explicit regarding mapping in step-12 (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10669: Generalize face_orientation() for 2D general meshes (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10668: Fix trilinos/68 (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10667: Add some template instantiations that were accidentally removed. (proposed by drwells; merged)
#10666: run indent on expand_instantiations.cc (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#10665: reshuffle namespaces in workstream class (proposed by tjhei)
#10664: Add some consts in step-12 (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10663: Add warnings to functions that set particle properties. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#10662: Remove more deprecations (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10661: Add get_vector_partitioner and get_dof_handler to CUDAWrappers::MatrixFree (proposed by Rombur; merged)
#10660: hide instantiations in Utilities from doxygen (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#10659: Introduce MappingIsoparametric (proposed by peterrum)
#10651: Bugfix: Unify dof indices on ghost interfaces if no finite element dominates. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#10642: Add Simplex::ScalarPolynomial (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10641: Intoduce ReferenceCellInfo (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10639: Remove GeometryInfro from a few files (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10637: Introduce ReferenceCell::Type (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10635: Generalize line_orientation() for 2D general meshes (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#10630: Added unit_to_real and real_to_unit to BoundingBox (proposed by luca-heltai; merged)
#10622: Remove deprecated DataOutBase::tecplot_binary (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#10613: cleanup a confusing cmake doxygen message (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#10549: Use neutral terminology where possible (proposed by jppelteret; merged)
#10540: fix bug in fast version of GridTools::find_active_cell_around_point() (proposed by nfehn; merged)
#10253: Fix doxygen underscores. (proposed by drwells; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#10695 investigate cmake UNITY_BUILD and precompiled headers (opened)
#10677 Re-instate ZeroFunction (opened)
#10650 Bug: hp DoF unification fails on ghost interfaces if elements do not dominate each other (closed)
#10311 Replace the TBB pipeline with C++14 or TaskFlow features (closed)
#10310 Deprecate all implicit mappings? (closed)
#8525 Give a more meaningful alias for the indent script (closed)
#8029 Failing ADOL-C and Sacado tests (closed)
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