Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #166. 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: #12199: Allow to enforce unique mapping in RemotePointEvaluation (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12199 #12198: Doc: Add changelog for `p:d:TemporarilyMatchRefineFlags`. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12198 #12197: FEPointEvaluation for degree = 0 (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12197 #12196: Fix gmsh tests again (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12196 #12195: Link to new matrix-free tutorials (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12195 #12194: Add eccentric_hyper_shell to generator_from_name (proposed by blaisb; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12194 #12193: Let CA return the requesting processes (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12193 #12191: Fix apply_transformation for different number types (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12191 #12190: Particle sort: Use find_active_cell_around_point with cache (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12190 #12188: Fix a typo in step-55 (proposed by zjiaqi2018; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12188 #12187: Optimize FEInterfaceValues extractors (proposed by zjiaqi2018; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12187 #12186: Simplify some code in AlignedVector. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12186 #12185: AlignedVector: Move element destructors into the 'deleter' object. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12185 #12184: Improve a suggested replacement. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12184 #12183: Fix more typos in intro to step-71 (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12183 #12182: Fix gmsh/gmsh_api_02/04 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12182 #12180: Remove references to DEAL_II_WITH_THREADS. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12180 #12178: MappingQCache: assert that level information was set up (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12178 #12177: FEPointEvaluation for float (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12177 #12176: Add and use internal::FEPointEvaluation::is_fast_path_supported (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12176 #12175: Remove some names (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12175 #12174: Rename FE_Wedge and FE_Pyramid (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12174 #12173: Deprecate Thread and ThreadGroup. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12173 #12172: Address warnings about extra ';' in step-71 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12172 #12171: mpi/data_out_hdf5_02: fix hdf5 output for dimensions 0 and 1 (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12171 #12170: Fix compilation with HDF5 (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12170 #12169: FEPointEvaluation: check if evaluation points are provided (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12169 #12168: Make output of tests/simplex/step-40 more robust (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12168 #12167: Fix PreconditionMG::get_mpi_communicator() (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12167 #12166: Fix grid/build_global_description_tree (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12166 #12165: Update output of particles/generators_13 (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12165 #12164: Fix cite for PEX (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12164 #12163: Step 77: add typename (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12163 #12162: Enable SUNDIALS::KINSOL for LinearAlgebra::distributed::Vector (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12162 #12161: Use a better exception for handling missing sparsity patterns. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12161 #12160: Add simplex/mixed mesh examples to simplex module page (proposed by peterrum) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12160 #12159: Update copyright years (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12159 #12158: More doc fixes for step-71 (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12158 #12157: p:f:Tria: Fix bug when a process does not own cells on a level (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12157 #12156: Un-deprecate PETScWrappers::VectorBase::set. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12156 #12154: Move `TemporarilyMatchRefineFlags` out of `internal` namespace. (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12154 #12140: Fix compilation with intel 17, part 1 (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12140 #12012: Performance improvement of MGTwoLevelTransfer (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/12012 #11828: Add GridGenerator::MarchingCubeAlgorithm (proposed by peterrum; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/11828 #11276: Remove ExcPointNotFound from GridTools::find_active_cell_around_point() (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/11276 #11254: Step-75: Tutorial for parallel hp-FEM (proposed by marcfehling; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/11254 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #12192: Unique map in RemotePointEvaluation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/12192 #12189: Check some failing tests for generalized interpolation (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/12189 #12181: Complex examples (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/12181 #12179: Periodic boundary with value jump? (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/12179 #12155: PETSc compilation problem ISColoringValue (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/12155 #12001: Actually implement PETScWrappers::Vector::import. (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/12001 #11892: MappingQGeneric: check if data for multigrid levels are available (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/11892 #11864: Inconsistent FE class hierarchy (simplex, pyramid, wedge) (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/11864 #6625: Documentation: Imbedding external resources (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/6625 #4992: Generalized Support points tracker (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4992 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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