Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #5. 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: #5113: Remove unused private function DoFHandler::reserve_space (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5113 #5111: Marks some input arguments as 'const'. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5111 #5109: facilitate transfer of fine-level solution to MG levels and test it with MappingQEulerian (proposed by davydden) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5109 #5107: More support for vector-valued hp FE spaces (proposed by eldarkh) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5107 #5106: GridTools::extract_used_vertices (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5106 #5105: Add documentation to enable CUDA support (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5105 #5104: Improve documentation for MultigridTransfer::copy_to_mg (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5104 #5103: Avoid a warning about an unused argument. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5103 #5102: Further increase test accuracy. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5102 #5101: Add a test. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5101 #5100: [WIP] Convert FEValuesViews::*::get_function_values_from_... (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5100 #5099: Remove VectorSlice from some internal functions. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5099 #5098: Add a test for copying SUNDIALS vectors. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5098 #5097: Reword the description of SUNDIALS_INCLUDE_DIRS. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5097 #5096: Sundials fixes (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5096 #5095: Assimp support and GridIn::read_assimp. (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5095 #5094: Increase precision with which we output test results. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5094 #5093: Provide DoFAccessor::set_dof_indices() for hp. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5093 #5091: Fix grammar. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5091 #5090: Be more generous in what types we allow in the FESystem(...) constructor (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5090 #5089: second try in fixing boost serialization missing header (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5089 #5087: Timer multithreaded fixes (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5087 #5086: add missing header file needed for boost 1.65 (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5086 #5084: Corrected error in documentation of point input operator (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5084 #5083: Replace single character strings (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5083 #5082: Use nullptr instead of NULL (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5082 #5081: Use const& instead of const where applicable (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5081 #5080: Default constructors and destructors (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5080 #5079: Update the C++11 page. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5079 #5078: Adding Bounding Boxes class to Base (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5078 #5077: use range-based for and other C++11 features in tutorials (proposed by danshapero) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5077 #5076: Simplify some function calls now that we have hp::DoFHandler::get_fe(index) (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5076 #5075: Introduce a class that can't be used. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5075 #5074: Vectorized tensor product matrix (proposed by jwitte08) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5074 #5073: hp/step-3c: Add an output variant (proposed by tamiko) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5073 #5072: GridTools::Cache (was TriangulationInfoCache). (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5072 #5071: Fix warnings for clang-5.0.0 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5071 #5070: Prep work (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5070 #5069: Doc updates (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5069 #5068: More parallel hp fixes (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5068 #5067: Two small parallel hp fixes (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5067 #5066: CMake: Respect BZIP2_DIR in FindBZIP2.cmake (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5066 #5065: Avoid raw pointers in favor of VectorMemory::Pointer in SolverRichardson. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5065 #5064: Some minor cleanups of LogStream. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5064 #5062: Automatically allow converting std::vector to ArrayView. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5062 #5061: Avoid raw pointers in favor of VectorMemory::Pointer in SolverMinRes. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5061 #5060: Fix grammar in documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5060 #5059: CMake: Avoid -Wunknown-warning-option warnings (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5059 #5058: fix tests/readwritevector_0x (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5058 #5055: Implement move constructors for FiniteElement and FESystem (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5055 #5053: document parallel::GridTools namespace (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5053 #5052: Python wrappers (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5052 #5051: fix doxygen formatting mistakes (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5051 #5050: Fix self-inclusion in distributed/grid_tools.h (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5050 #5049: Fix a bug in the Windows CPU time calculation. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5049 #5048: fix tests/meshworker/step-11-mesh_loop (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5048 #5047: Rewrite TensorProductPolynomials::compute for more performance (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5047 #5046: Refactor template definitions into fe_tools_templates.h header (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5046 #5041: doxygen typos of sqrt in quadrature documentation (proposed by koecher; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5041 #5040: fix VectorTools::project lambdas examples to use references (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5040 #5038: fix warnings in step-10 (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5038 #5036: Add missing div on note on step-44 (proposed by LucasCampos; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5036 #5034: Fix formatting of a piece of example code. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5034 #5033: Add a quick test for Adol-C. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5033 #5032: Clean up some variable names in the Timer class. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5032 #5031: mesh_loop: replace cells_first by cells_after_faces (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5031 #5030: Use the right types for iota and accumulate. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5030 #5029: Fix test. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5029 #5028: Nanoflann quicktest. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5028 #5026: Variadic constructor for FESystem (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5026 #5025: Update the explanations of Timer in the tutorials. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5025 #5024: Require boost 1.59 (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5024 #5022: Clean up initialization of MinMaxAvg values. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5022 #5015: New ReadWriteVector::reinit(TrilinosWrappers::MPI::Vector) (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5015 #5014: ReadWriteVector and TrilinosWrappers::MPI::Vector print in parallel (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5014 #5005: Fix FE_Nedelec::convert_generalized_support_point_values_to_dof_values (kind of) (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5005 #4997: Add DataPostprocessorTensor (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4997 #4852: IDAInterface (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4852 #4723: Break the Manifold interface for performance. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/4723 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #5112: Extend DataOut to output multi-grid vectors (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5112 #5110: Documentation: create a picture to show what copy_to_mg does (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5110 #5108: MappingQEulerian + MatrixFree + GMG (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5108 #5092: FE_Nedelec::convert_g_s_p_values_to_dof_values (and FE_RaviartThomas) does not respect cell orientation (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5092 #5088: hp/step-3c fails due to round-off error changes. (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5088 #5085: Serialization failures with boost-1.65.0 (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5085 #5063: FindBZIP2.cmake should respect BZIP2_DIR variable. (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5063 #5057: readwritevector_0{2,3} fail (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5057 #5056: FlatManifold::project_to_manifold should not always be the identity function (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5056 #5054: doxygen: undocumented classes/members and warnings (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5054 #5045: CVODE interface. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5045 #5044: ARKODE interface. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5044 #5043: KINSOL interface. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5043 #5042: Add more functionality to IDA. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5042 #5039: step-10 Q3 mapping issue (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5039 #5037: Point::distance_square() with VectorizedArray and GCC 4.8.5 (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5037 #5035: Mistake in documentation of step-44 (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5035 #5027: More SUNDIALS interfaces. (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5027 #5020: convert mesh_loop cells_first flag to cells_last (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5020 #4995: Implement DataPostprocessor[Symmetric]Tensor (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4995 #4927: Check the CPU time calculations on Windows (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4927 #4867: Timers are weirdly broken (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4867 #4249: variadic templates (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4249 #2299: Expression template syntax to build FESystem (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/2299 A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at https://www.dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/changes_after_8_5_0.html. Thanks for being part of the community! 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