Robert Kirby wrote: > It probably should be added in dolfin/ufc. Sometimes we want to play > around with things that aren't supported by ffc yet. Having a > full-featured c++ library (and python bindings) would help. An example > would be Berstein polynomials, which use a different evaluation method > than in ffc/fiat. Another example is the transformation business I'm > working that needs cell jacobians and other geometric information. I'd > like to look at hand-done implementations using the dolfin library > (preferably PyDolfin) to make sure stuff works before going through the > labor of teaching ffc how to do it.
I agree. This was the motivation for having FFC generate functions for evaluating basis functions, but obviously there's much more that's needed. This should be added to https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dolfin Garth > > Rob > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Garth N. Wells <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Robert Kirby wrote: > > Is there a method for getting the Jacobian of a mapping to a > reference cell in dolfin, or is this always generated by ffc? > > > It's generated by FFC. Could be a suggestion for an addition to UFC. > > Garth > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > DOLFIN-dev mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ DOLFIN-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev
