Rene Gassmoeller
Hello everyone!
This is deal.II newsletter #106.
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:
#9318: converts l_2 to LaTeX code (proposed by krishnakumarg1984)
#9315: In step 6, removes the documentation sentences relating to quadrature formula degree since already done in Step-5 (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9313: In step6, removes outdated sentence on destructor (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9311: Add a few links to step-6. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9310: Disentangle the dependency graph some more. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9309: FESeries: Added features to precalculate all matrices and serialize them. (proposed by marcfehling)
#9304: In step 6 doc, fixes a really minor grammar/typo (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9303: In the doc of the point() function, replaces monospace l_2 with its aTeX equivalent. Fixes #9302 (proposed by krishnakumarg1984)
#9301: GridGenerator::half_hyper_shell warning (proposed by tjhei)
#9300: In step 6 results doc, move the header file inclusion sentence to reflect that we need it for Sparse_ILU and not Jacobi preconditioner (proposed by krishnakumarg1984)
#9298: Clarify GridGenerator::hyper_shell in 3D (proposed by masterleinad)
#9297: Make GridTools::delete_duplicate_vertices() faster. (proposed by drwells)
#9295: fixes stale documentation about boundary_object for hyper_ball function (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9293: minor grammar fixes to step-6 tutorial doc (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9291: In the doc for KellyErrorEstimator class, trying to fix couple of doxygen links (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9290: fix write_vtu_in_parallel invalid file if partly empty (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#9289: Remove filtered_iterator include in step-18 (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#9288: Update constraints documentation module to reflect recent updates to step-6 (proposed by krishnakumarg1984)
#9287: Replace the Dataout::first_cell/next_cell() mechanism (proposed by bangerth)
#9286: Introduce \jump and \average commands to be used in the documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9285: Avoid gcc-4.9.4 error (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#9284: Fix \coloneq again. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9283: Remove tensor.cc (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#9282: update .gitattributes (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#9281: use github CI for OSX (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#9280: Multigrid Transfer cleanup (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#9278: implement SingleLevelDataOut (proposed by tjhei)
#9277: Fix the dealcoloneq command. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9276: Let latex figure out spacing itself. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9275: replace the use of 'he' with 'it' to refer to neighbouring cell in tria.cc (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9274: fixes a keyboard fat-fingering typo wherever 'he' in incorrectly used instead of 'the' (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9273: Rewrite wording in headers/docs such that we now have gender neutral wording throughout (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9272: Make DoFTools::count_dofs_per_{component,block} return its data. (proposed by bangerth)
#9270: Step-3 results/extension documentation improvements and fixes. Closes #9227 (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9268: Use AssertIndexRange some more (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#9267: Minor updates to the consensus algorithm class documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9266: CMake: Check whether Trilinos has been configured with third-party libraries. (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#9265: Move some code. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9264: added measure computation for distorted 2d cells (proposed by nicola-giuliani)
#9263: ParameterHandler in unsorted order (proposed by elauksap)
#9262: In Step-5 tutorial, updates name of function being removed (make_grid _and_dofs -> make_grid) (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9261: Fix two typos in documentation of FEInterfaceValues. (proposed by simonsticko; merged)
#9260: added measure computation for distorted 2d cells in codim-1 (proposed by nicola-giuliani)
#9259: Implement jump_hessian and jump_3rd_derivative on FEInterfaceValues. (proposed by simonsticko)
#9258: shape_3rd_derivative* checks for update_3rd_derivatives (proposed by simonsticko; merged)
#9257: Simplify dof_tools.inst.in (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9256: fixes a redundant paragraph in Step-4 tutorial (since vtk format was already introduced in step-3) (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9255: Update documentation of class Partitioner. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9254: Convert step-61 to use face loops with cell->face_iterators(). (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9253: Adjust precision with which we output results in hp/crash_17. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9251: fixes a typo in step-4 incorrectly quoting the tutorial wherein the ZeroFunction as first introduced (proposed by krishnakumarg1984; merged)
#9250: Update the discussion of HDF5 and R scripting in step-3. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9242: replace some instances of Threads::Mutex with std::mutex (proposed by rezarastak; merged)
#9240: Turn all for loops using "begin_active" into ranged-based ones (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#9235: Augment the UMFPACK error message. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#9179: Add python interface for FunctionManifold (proposed by agrayver; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#9317 Double check the derivation in step-71 (opened)
#9316 Specifying MPI libraries (opened)
#9314 Outdated clang-format binary forced upon for indendation in PRs (opened and closed)
#9312 FEEvaluation segfaults for invalid numbers of components (opened)
#9308 Tutorial dot diagram/dependency DAG is missing input dependencies for Step-19 (opened and closed)
#9307 [Step-6] Out-of-date documentation about class destructor? (opened and closed)
#9306 [Documentation] Bibtex entries/hyperlinks not rendered in doxygen (steps 1, 6, 13, 18 etc.) (opened and closed)
#9305 In Step-6 tutorial, provide a better explanation of the symbols used liberally for function spaces (opened and closed)
#9302 In all documentation pages, consider replacing l_2 with its LaTeX equivalent notation (opened)
#9299 Issue a sane error message when crashing for three-dimensional svg write attempts (opened)
#9296 [possible bug?] GridGenerator::hyper_ball does not produce circular edges at the boundary (opened)
#9294 [Step-6 documentation] Fix the outdated sentence mentioning the need to attach a boundary ID to the circular mesh (opened and closed)
#9292 [documentation] Step-6 might be having some potentially confusing wording on the degree of gauss formula to use (opened and closed)
#9279 URL links on the news page of dealii.org website do not work (opened)
#9271 DoFTools::count_dofs_per_block clearly wrong/inefficient for the hp case (opened)
#9269 Provide function evaluation for VectorizedArray types (opened)
#9252 Test mpi/hp_step_4 fails because of missing Trilinos component (opened and closed)
#9227 [Step-3 tutorial] Invalid code for handling Neumann BCs along top and bottom faces (in suggested extensions) (closed)
#9169 CMake cannot find LAPACK (closed)
#9134 bessel_j undeclared (closed)
#8685 Get rid of convoluted syntax to set up RHS and BoundaryCondition constructors (closed)
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