Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #198. 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: #13292: [9.3] update changelog entries for point release (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13292 #13291: Use standardized detection idiom (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13291 #13290: Reimplemen UpdateFlags as enum-like class (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13290 #13289: Fix a bogus warning about a null pointer in a lambda. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13289 #13288: Minor edits to type traits classes. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13288 #13287: Introduce ReferenceCell::n_isotropic_children(). (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13287 #13286: Make naming of function arguments more uniform. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13286 #13285: PreconditionRelaxation: vmult/step w. relaxation (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13285 #13284: [9.3] Fix flags bug point_values (proposed by bergbauer; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13284 #13283: SparseMatrix: rename om to omega (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13283 #13282: Relax assert in MF::get_boundary_id() (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13282 #13281: Introduce FEEval::*_face_data() (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13281 #13280: Use MPI::Utilities::free_communicator() where possible. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13280 #13279: Update docu of NonMatching::FEImmersedSurfaceValues (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13279 #13278: Fix bug in initial condition for transform_real_to_unit_cell (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13278 #13277: Fix a sign error in step-22's introduction. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13277 #13276: Hide forward declarations in `fe/fe.h` from doxygen. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13276 #13275: Small fix to the documentation in step-37 (proposed by CuiCu-618; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13275 #13274: Add ifdefs for is_reinitialized in FEEval (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13274 #13273: Define MPI_COMM_NULL when not using MPI. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13273 #13272: Switch the consensus algorithms interface to using function objects. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13272 #13271: Use relative tolerances in step-3. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13271 #13270: Explain the use of iterative solvers in the introduction of step-3. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13270 #13269: Add a test for moving particles in a complex geometry and (proposed by blaisb) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13269 #13268: Fix LA::Vector::reinit() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13268 #13267: Remove the prepare_for_answer() callback in consensus algorithms. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13267 #13266: Fix MF for LA::vector (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13266 #13264: Review of `references.bib`. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13264 #13262: Do not store some things in the CA::Interface base class. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13262 #13261: Minor doc update to the consensus algorithms. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13261 #13259: FEEval: replace usages of n_vectorization_actual (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13259 #13257: PEX: Replace MPI_Irecv with MPI_Iprobe+MPI_Recv (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13257 #13252: Move quadrature_points into FEEvalData (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13252 #13219: Replace MPI_Irecv with MPI_Iprobe+MPI_Recv. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13219 #13144: Fix omissions in GridGenerator::flatten_triangulation(). (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13144 #13073: Convert a few more locally-owned loops with filters. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/13073 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #13246: Randomly disappearing particles in non-trivial geometries (hyper_ball) since the merge of #13202 (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13246 #13213: Consensus algorithm: answer needs to be of known size (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13213 #13148: Better document consensus algorithms (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13148 #13127: GridGenerator::flatten_triangulation() does not copy data on boundary edges in 3d (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/13127 A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at https://www.dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/recent_changes.html. Thanks for being part of the community! 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