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Last updated: 16 May 2025

The plot above shows the number of elements passing verificiation (green line) out of the number of elements being verified (dashed black line) over time.

ElementExample
discontinuous Lagrangeinterval,0,equispaced
interval,1,equispaced
interval,2,equispaced
triangle,0,equispaced
triangle,1,equispaced
triangle,2,equispaced
quadrilateral,0,equispaced
quadrilateral,1,equispaced
quadrilateral,2,equispaced
tetrahedron,0,equispaced
tetrahedron,1,equispaced
tetrahedron,2,equispaced
hexahedron,0,equispaced
hexahedron,1,equispaced
hexahedron,2,equispaced
Lagrangeinterval,1,equispaced
interval,2,equispaced
interval,3,equispaced
triangle,1,equispaced
triangle,2,equispaced
triangle,3,equispaced
quadrilateral,1,equispaced
quadrilateral,2,equispaced
quadrilateral,3,equispaced
tetrahedron,1,equispaced
tetrahedron,2,equispaced
hexahedron,1,equispaced
hexahedron,2,equispaced
Nédélec (first kind)triangle,0,legendre
triangle,1,legendre
quadrilateral,0,legendre
quadrilateral,1,legendre
Raviart–Thomastriangle,0,legendre
triangle,1,legendre
quadrilateral,0,legendre
quadrilateral,1,legendre
tetrahedron,0,legendre
tetrahedron,1,legendre
hexahedron,0,legendre
hexahedron,1,legendre


For each element in the table above, the verification test passes for an example if:The symbols in the table have the following meaning:
Verification passes
Verification fails


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