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Last updated: 1 July 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
interval,1,gll
interval,2,gll
interval,3,gll
interval,4,gll
interval,1,lobatto
interval,2,lobatto
interval,3,lobatto
triangle,1,equispaced
triangle,2,equispaced
triangle,3,equispaced
quadrilateral,1,equispaced
quadrilateral,2,equispaced
quadrilateral,3,equispaced
quadrilateral,1,gll
quadrilateral,2,gll
quadrilateral,1,lobatto
quadrilateral,2,lobatto
quadrilateral,3,lobatto
tetrahedron,1,equispaced
tetrahedron,2,equispaced
hexahedron,1,equispaced
hexahedron,2,equispaced
hexahedron,1,lobatto
hexahedron,2,lobatto
Nédélec (first kind)triangle,0,lagrange
triangle,1,lagrange
triangle,0,legendre
triangle,1,legendre
quadrilateral,0,lagrange
quadrilateral,1,lagrange
quadrilateral,0,legendre
quadrilateral,1,legendre
tetrahedron,0,lagrange
tetrahedron,1,lagrange
hexahedron,0,lagrange
hexahedron,1,lagrange
Raviart–Thomastriangle,0,lagrange
triangle,1,lagrange
triangle,0,legendre
triangle,1,legendre
quadrilateral,0,lagrange
quadrilateral,1,lagrange
quadrilateral,0,legendre
quadrilateral,1,legendre
tetrahedron,0,lagrange
tetrahedron,1,lagrange
tetrahedron,0,legendre
tetrahedron,1,legendre
hexahedron,0,lagrange
hexahedron,1,lagrange
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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