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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 07:34:38PM +0000, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> On 22 November 2011 19:12, Kristian Ølgaard <k.b.oelgaard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The IntervalCell::facet_area in DOLFIN currently returns 0.0, while
> > the facet determinant (a scale factor) 'det = 1.0;'
> > in the generated code for the tabulate_tensor function in 1D (facet integrals).
> >
> > Is 0.0 the correct return value, or should it return 1.0?
> >
>
> I would think 1.0.

Facet is the thing of dimension one lower than the cell dimension so
in this case 1 - 1 so it would mean the area of an endpoint. So I
believe 0 is correct.

--
Anders


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