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The deal.II library, Version 9.1

  • Daniel Arndt , Wolfgang Bangerth , Thomas C. Clevenger , Denis Davydov , Marc Fehling , Daniel Garcia-Sanchez , Graham Harper , Timo Heister EMAIL logo , Luca Heltai , Martin Kronbichler , Ross Maguire Kynch , Matthias Maier , Jean-Paul Pelteret , Bruno Turcksin and David Wells

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the new features of the finite element library deal.II, version 9.1.

JEL Classification: 65M60; 65N30; 65Y05

Acknowledgment

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Received: 2019-06-14
Accepted: 2019-06-16
Published Online: 2019-06-30
Published in Print: 2019-12-18

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