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[Robert C Kirby <kirby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No -- I think higher order geometry is what is meant - curved elements. 
 We don't do those.

On Dec 16, 2005, at 9:47 AM, Anders Logg wrote:

> As Garth points out, we don't support prisms (yet).
>
> For higher order elements, take a look at the example in
>
>     src/demo/fem/convergence/
>
> which solves Poisson's equation in 2D and 3D with order ranging
> from q = 1 to q = 5.
>
> The only thing you need to change to do higher order elements is a 
> number
> (and then recompile with FFC).
>
> /Anders
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:45:07AM +0100, Luca Antiga wrote:
> > Dear Dolfin developers,
> >   I've looked into Dolfin today and it's a really impressive piece of 
> > software.
> > Congratulations for your work.
> > Just a curiosity: how hard it would be to code different element 
> > types (e.g.
> > quadratic tetrahedra or prisms) into Dolfin?
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Luca
> >
> >
> >
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