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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 09:31:05PM +0200, Dag Lindbo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to this list and, indeed, new to Dolfin and FFC. Let me ask some
> questions to get me started, please.
> 
> I've read the documentation, which is good but perhaps a bit dated. It
> hints at many recent developments and new features. I'm looking for some
> more information on implementing
> 
> *) Initial value- and time dependent PDEs
> *) Adaptive mesh refinement
> 
> I would much appreciate any additional docs. Also any example
> implementations, other than the 'demo' ones, that showcase some more
> recent features or 'best prctice' would be greatly helpful.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dag Lindbo
> (masters thesis student i computing at KTH)
> 
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We'll get to this as soon as we can... The documentation is indeed a
bit dated in some cases and completely missing in others.

We're currently working out the linear algebra library for DOLFIN and
with release 0.6.2 which is planned for sometime after the summer, we
should be able to update the section on linear algebra.  Another thing
we've been working on quite hard recently is the ODE and PDE initial
value problem solvers.

We have also recently implemented a new mesh library that will replace
the current mesh library. After 0.6.2, we will port everything to the
new mesh library and complete the documentation for the mesh.

So, the reason the sections you're asking for are either missing or
incomplete is that this is stuff we're working on right now and it's
not yet stable enough (but will be shortly) to invest too much time
writing the documentation.

/Anders