[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Adding FEniCS to repository

[Ondrej Certik]

> SyFi:
> Description: finite element engine based on symbolic mathematics
>  The finite element method (FEM) package SyFi is a C++ library built on
> top of
>  the symbolic math library GiNaC. The name SyFi stands for Symbolic Finite
>  Elements. The package provides polygonal domains, polynomial spaces, and
>  degrees of freedom as symbolic expressions that are easily manipulated. This
>  makes it easy to define finite elements and variational forms. These
> elements
>  and forms are then used to generate efficient C++ code.
>  .
>  SyFi is similar to FFC in the sense that it has a compiler that generates
> UFC
>  code based on variational forms and finite elements. It is also similar to
>  FIAT in the sense that it implements many different finite elements.

Indeed, great contribution. I was trying to compile SyFi from source
and it failed, so I am looking forward for your package that I'll just
apt-get install.

Ondrej