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t8_element_c_interface.h File Reference

This file defines the c interface to (some of) the member functions of the t8_eclass_scheme_c class. More...

#include <t8_element.h>

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Functions

size_t t8_element_size (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts)
 Return the size of any element of a given class. More...
 
int t8_element_refines_irregular (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts)
 Returns true, if there is one element in the tree, that does not refine into 2^dim children. More...
 
int t8_element_maxlevel (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts)
 Return the maximum allowed level for any element of a given class. More...
 
t8_eclass_t t8_element_child_eclass (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, int childid)
 Return the type of each child in the ordering of the implementation. More...
 
int t8_element_level (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Return the level of a particular element. More...
 
void t8_element_copy (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *source, t8_element_t *dest)
 Copy all entries of source to dest. More...
 
int t8_element_compare (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem1, const t8_element_t *elem2)
 Compare two elements. More...
 
void t8_element_parent (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, t8_element_t *parent)
 Compute the parent of a given element elem and store it in parent. More...
 
int t8_element_num_siblings (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Compute the number of siblings of an element. More...
 
void t8_element_sibling (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int sibid, t8_element_t *sibling)
 Compute a specific sibling of a given element elem and store it in sibling. More...
 
int t8_element_num_corners (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Compute the number of corners of an element. More...
 
int t8_element_num_faces (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Compute the number of faces of an element. More...
 
int t8_element_max_num_faces (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Compute the maximum number of faces of a given element and all of its descendants. More...
 
int t8_element_num_children (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Compute the number of children of an element when it is refined. More...
 
int t8_element_num_face_children (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face)
 Compute the number of children of an element's face when the element is refined. More...
 
int t8_element_get_face_corner (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face, int corner)
 Return the corner number of an element's face corner. More...
 
int t8_element_get_corner_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int corner, int face)
 Compute the face numbers of the faces sharing an element's corner. More...
 
void t8_element_child (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int childid, t8_element_t *child)
 Construct the child element of a given number. More...
 
void t8_element_children (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int length, t8_element_t *c[])
 Construct all children of a given element. More...
 
int t8_element_child_id (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Compute the child id of an element. More...
 
int t8_element_ancestor_id (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int level)
 Compute the ancestor id of an element, that is the child id at a given level. More...
 
int t8_element_is_family (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, t8_element_t **fam)
 Query whether a given set of elements is a family or not. More...
 
void t8_element_nca (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem1, const t8_element_t *elem2, t8_element_t *nca)
 Compute the nearest common ancestor of two elements. More...
 
t8_element_shape_t t8_element_face_shape (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face)
 Compute the shape of the face of an element. More...
 
void t8_element_children_at_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face, t8_element_t *children[], int num_children, int *child_indices)
 Given an element and a face of the element, compute all children of the element that touch the face. More...
 
int t8_element_face_child_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face, int face_child)
 Given a face of an element and a child number of a child of that face, return the face number of the child of the element that matches the child face. More...
 
int t8_element_face_parent_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face)
 Given a face of an element return the face number of the parent of the element that matches the element's face. More...
 
int t8_element_tree_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face)
 Given an element and a face of this element. More...
 
void t8_element_transform_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem1, t8_element_t *elem2, int orientation, int sign, int is_smaller_face)
 Suppose we have two trees that share a common face f. More...
 
int t8_element_extrude_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *face, const t8_eclass_scheme_c *face_scheme, t8_element_t *elem, int root_face)
 Given a boundary face inside a root tree's face construct the element inside the root tree that has the given face as a face. More...
 
void t8_element_boundary_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face, t8_element_t *boundary, const t8_eclass_scheme_c *boundary_scheme)
 Construct the boundary element at a specific face. More...
 
void t8_element_first_descendant_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face, t8_element_t *first_desc, int level)
 Construct the first descendant of an element at a given level that touches a given face. More...
 
void t8_element_last_descendant_face (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face, t8_element_t *last_desc, int level)
 Construct the last descendant of an element at a given level that touches a given face. More...
 
int t8_element_is_root_boundary (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int face)
 Construct all codimension-one boundary elements of a given element. More...
 
int t8_element_face_neighbor_inside (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, t8_element_t *neigh, int face, int *neigh_face)
 Construct the face neighbor of a given element if this face neighbor is inside the root tree. More...
 
t8_element_shape_t t8_element_shape (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Return the shape of an allocated element according its type. More...
 
void t8_element_set_linear_id (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, t8_element_t *elem, int level, t8_linearidx_t id)
 Initialize the entries of an allocated element according to a given linear id in a uniform refinement. More...
 
t8_linearidx_t t8_element_get_linear_id (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, int level)
 Compute the linear id of a given element in a hypothetical uniform refinement of a given level. More...
 
void t8_element_first_descendant (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, t8_element_t *desc, int level)
 Compute the first descendant of a given element. More...
 
void t8_element_last_descendant (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, t8_element_t *desc, int level)
 Compute the last descendant of a given element. More...
 
void t8_element_successor (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem1, t8_element_t *elem2, int level)
 Construct the successor in a uniform refinement of a given element. More...
 
int t8_element_root_len (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem)
 Compute the root lenght of a given element, that is the length of its level 0 ancestor. More...
 
void t8_element_vertex_reference_coords (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *t, const int vertex, double coords[])
 Compute the coordinates of a given element vertex inside a reference tree that is embedded into [0,1]^d (d = dimension). More...
 
t8_gloidx_t t8_element_count_leafs (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *t, int level)
 Return a pointer to a t8_element in an array indexed by a size_t. More...
 
t8_gloidx_t t8_element_count_leafs_from_root (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, int level)
 Count how many leaf descendants of a given uniform level the root element will produce. More...
 
void t8_element_general_function (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, const t8_element_t *elem, const void *indata, void *outdata)
 This function has no defined effect but each implementation is free to provide its own meaning of it. More...
 
void t8_element_new (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, int length, t8_element_t **elems)
 Allocate memory for an array of elements of a given class and initialize them. More...
 
void t8_element_destroy (const t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts, int length, t8_element_t **elems)
 Deallocate an array of elements. More...
 

Detailed Description

This file defines the c interface to (some of) the member functions of the t8_eclass_scheme_c class.

We recomment to use the C++ functions directly and only use this interface when you really need to use C.

Function Documentation

◆ t8_element_ancestor_id()

int t8_element_ancestor_id ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  level 
)

Compute the ancestor id of an element, that is the child id at a given level.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThis must be a valid element.
[in]levelA refinement level. Must satisfy level < elem.level
Returns
The child_id of elem in regard to its level ancestor.

◆ t8_element_boundary_face()

void t8_element_boundary_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face,
t8_element_t boundary,
const t8_eclass_scheme_c boundary_scheme 
)

Construct the boundary element at a specific face.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe input element.
[in]faceThe index of the face of which to construct the boundary element.
[in,out]boundaryAn allocated element of dimension of element minus 1. The entries will be filled with the entries of the face of element.
[in]boundary_schemeThe scheme for the eclass of the boundary face. If elem is of class T8_ECLASS_VERTEX, then boundary must be NULL and will not be modified.

◆ t8_element_child()

void t8_element_child ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  childid,
t8_element_t child 
)

Construct the child element of a given number.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThis must be a valid element, bigger than maxlevel.
[in]childidThe number of the child to construct.
[in,out]childThe storage for this element must exist and match the element class of the child. For a pyramid, for example, it may be either a tetrahedron or a pyramid depending on childid. This can be checked by t8_element_child_eclass. On output, a valid element. It is valid to call this function with elem = child.
See also
t8_element_child_eclass

◆ t8_element_child_eclass()

t8_eclass_t t8_element_child_eclass ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
int  childid 
)

Return the type of each child in the ordering of the implementation.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]childidMust be between 0 and the number of children (exclusive). The number of children is defined in t8_element_num_children.
Returns
The type for the given child.

◆ t8_element_child_id()

int t8_element_child_id ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Compute the child id of an element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThis must be a valid element.
Returns
The child id of elem.

◆ t8_element_children()

void t8_element_children ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  length,
t8_element_t c[] 
)

Construct all children of a given element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThis must be a valid element, bigger than maxlevel.
[in]lengthThe length of the output array c must match the number of children.
[in,out]cThe storage for these length elements must exist and match the element class in the children's ordering. On output, all children are valid. It is valid to call this function with elem = c[0].
See also
t8_element_num_children
t8_element_child_eclass

◆ t8_element_children_at_face()

void t8_element_children_at_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face,
t8_element_t children[],
int  num_children,
int *  child_indices 
)

Given an element and a face of the element, compute all children of the element that touch the face.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
[in]faceA face of elem.
[in,out]childrenAllocated elements, in which the children of elem that share a face with face are stored. They will be stored in order of their linear id.
[in]num_childrenThe number of elements in children. Must match the number of children that touch face. t8_element_num_face_children
[in,out]child_indicesIf not NULL, an array of num_children integers must be given, on output its i-th entry is the child_id of the i-th face_child. It is valid to call this function with elem = children[0].

◆ t8_element_compare()

int t8_element_compare ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem1,
const t8_element_t elem2 
)

Compare two elements.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elem1The first element.
[in]elem2The second element.
Returns
negativ if elem1 < elem2, zero if elem1 equals elem2 and positiv if elem1 > elem2. If elem2 is a copy of elem1 then the elements are equal.

◆ t8_element_copy()

void t8_element_copy ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t source,
t8_element_t dest 
)

Copy all entries of source to dest.

dest must be an existing element. No memory is allocated by this function.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]sourceThe element whose entries will be copied to dest.
[in,out]destThis element's entries will be overwritted with the entries of source.
Note
source and dest may point to the same element.

◆ t8_element_count_leafs()

t8_gloidx_t t8_element_count_leafs ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t t,
int  level 
)

Return a pointer to a t8_element in an array indexed by a size_t.

Parameters
[in]arrayThe sc_array storing \t t8_element_t pointers.
[in]itThe index of the element that should be returned.
Returns
A pointer to the it-th element in array. We provide a default implementation of this routine that should suffice for most use cases. Count how many leaf descendants of a given uniform level an element would produce.
Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]tThe element to be checked.
[in]levelA refinement level.
Returns
Suppose t is uniformly refined up to level level. The return value is the resulting number of elements (of the given level). If level < t8_element_level(t), the return value should be 0.

Example: If t is a line element that refines into 2 line elements on each level, then the return value is max(0, 2^{level - level(t)}). Thus, if t's level is 0, and level = 3, the return value is 2^3 = 8.

◆ t8_element_count_leafs_from_root()

t8_gloidx_t t8_element_count_leafs_from_root ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
int  level 
)

Count how many leaf descendants of a given uniform level the root element will produce.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]levelA refinement level.
Returns
The value of t8_element_count_leafs if the input element is the root (level 0) element.

This is a convenience function, and can be implemented via t8_element_count_leafs.

◆ t8_element_destroy()

void t8_element_destroy ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
int  length,
t8_element_t **  elems 
)

Deallocate an array of elements.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]lengthThe number of elements in the array.
[in,out]elemsOn input an array of length many allocated element pointers. On output all these pointers will be freed. elem itself will not be freed by this function.

◆ t8_element_extrude_face()

int t8_element_extrude_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t face,
const t8_eclass_scheme_c face_scheme,
t8_element_t elem,
int  root_face 
)

Given a boundary face inside a root tree's face construct the element inside the root tree that has the given face as a face.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]faceA face element.
[in]face_schemeThe scheme for the face element.
[in,out]elemAn allocated element. The entries will be filled with the data of the element that has face as a face and lies within the root tree.
[in]root_faceThe index of the face of the root tree in which face lies.
Returns
The face number of the face of elem that coincides with face.

◆ t8_element_face_child_face()

int t8_element_face_child_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face,
int  face_child 
)

Given a face of an element and a child number of a child of that face, return the face number of the child of the element that matches the child face.

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Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
[in]faceThen number of the face.
[in]face_childA number 0 <= face_child < num_face_children, specifying a child of elem that shares a face with face. These children are counted in linear order. This coincides with the order of children from a call to t8_element_children_at_face.
Returns
The face number of the face of a child of elem that conincides with face_child.

◆ t8_element_face_neighbor_inside()

int t8_element_face_neighbor_inside ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
t8_element_t neigh,
int  face,
int *  neigh_face 
)

Construct the face neighbor of a given element if this face neighbor is inside the root tree.

Return 0 otherwise.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element to be considered.
[in,out]neighIf the face neighbor of elem along face is inside the root tree, this element's data is filled with the data of the face neighbor. Otherwise the data can be modified arbitrarily.
[in]faceThe number of the face along which the neighbor should be constructed.
[out]neigh_faceThe number of face as viewed from neigh. An arbitrary value, if the neighbor is not inside the root tree.
Returns
True if neigh is inside the root tree. False if not. In this case neigh's data can be arbitrary on output.

◆ t8_element_face_parent_face()

int t8_element_face_parent_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face 
)

Given a face of an element return the face number of the parent of the element that matches the element's face.

Or return -1 if no face of the parent matches the face.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
[in]faceThen number of the face.
Returns
If face of elem is also a face of elem's parent, the face number of this face. Otherwise -1.
Note
For the root element this function always returns face.

◆ t8_element_face_shape()

t8_element_shape_t t8_element_face_shape ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face 
)

Compute the shape of the face of an element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
[in]faceA face of elem.
Returns
The element shape of the face. I.e. T8_ECLASS_LINE for quads, T8_ECLASS_TRIANGLE for tets and depending on the face number either T8_ECLASS_QUAD or T8_ECLASS_TRIANGLE for prisms.

◆ t8_element_first_descendant()

void t8_element_first_descendant ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
t8_element_t desc,
int  level 
)

Compute the first descendant of a given element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element whose descendant is computed.
[out]descThe first element in a uniform refinement of elem of the maximum possible level.

◆ t8_element_first_descendant_face()

void t8_element_first_descendant_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face,
t8_element_t first_desc,
int  level 
)

Construct the first descendant of an element at a given level that touches a given face.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe input element.
[in]faceA face of elem.
[in,out]first_descAn allocated element. This element's data will be filled with the data of the first descendant of elem that shares a face with face.
[in]levelThe level, at which the first descendant is constructed

◆ t8_element_general_function()

void t8_element_general_function ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
const void *  indata,
void *  outdata 
)

This function has no defined effect but each implementation is free to provide its own meaning of it.

Thus this function can be used to compute or lookup very scheme implementation specific data.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemAn valid element
[in]indataPointer to input data
[out]outdataPointer to output data. For the correct usage of indata and outdata see the specific implementations of the scheme. For example the default scheme triangle and tetrahedron implementations use this function to return the type of a tri/tet to the caller.

◆ t8_element_get_corner_face()

int t8_element_get_corner_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  corner,
int  face 
)

Compute the face numbers of the faces sharing an element's corner.

Example quad: 2 x — x 3 | | | | face 1 0 x — x 1 face 2 Thus for corner = 1 the output is: face=0 : 2, face=1: 1

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elementThe element.
[in]cornerA corner index for the face.
[in]faceA face index for corner.
Returns
The face number of the face-th face at corner.

◆ t8_element_get_face_corner()

int t8_element_get_face_corner ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face,
int  corner 
)

Return the corner number of an element's face corner.

Example quad: 2 x — x 3 | | | | face 1 0 x — x 1 Thus for face = 1 the output is: corner=0 : 1, corner=1: 3

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elementThe element.
[in]faceA face index for element.
[in]cornerA corner index for the face 0 <= corner < num_face_corners.
Returns
The corner number of the corner-th vertex of face.

The order in which the corners must be given is determined by the eclass of element: LINE/QUAD/TRIANGLE: No specific order. HEX : In Z-order of the face starting with the lowest corner number. TET : Starting with the lowest corner number counterclockwise as seen from 'outside' of the element.

◆ t8_element_get_linear_id()

t8_linearidx_t t8_element_get_linear_id ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  level 
)

Compute the linear id of a given element in a hypothetical uniform refinement of a given level.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element whose id we compute.
[in]levelThe level of the uniform refinement to consider.
Returns
The linear id of the element.

◆ t8_element_is_family()

int t8_element_is_family ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
t8_element_t **  fam 
)

Query whether a given set of elements is a family or not.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]famAn array of as many elements as an element of class ts has children.
Returns
Zero if fam is not a family, nonzero if it is.

◆ t8_element_is_root_boundary()

int t8_element_is_root_boundary ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face 
)

Construct all codimension-one boundary elements of a given element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe input element.
[in]faceA face of elem.
Returns
True if face is a subface of the element's root element. Compute whether a given element shares a given face with its root tree.
Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe input element.
[in]faceA face of elem.
Returns
True if face is a subface of the element's root element.

◆ t8_element_last_descendant()

void t8_element_last_descendant ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
t8_element_t desc,
int  level 
)

Compute the last descendant of a given element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element whose descendant is computed.
[out]descThe last element in a uniform refinement of elem of the maximum possible level.

◆ t8_element_last_descendant_face()

void t8_element_last_descendant_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face,
t8_element_t last_desc,
int  level 
)

Construct the last descendant of an element at a given level that touches a given face.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe input element.
[in]faceA face of elem.
[in,out]last_descAn allocated element. This element's data will be filled with the data of the last descendant of elem that shares a face with face.
[in]levelThe level, at which the last descendant is constructed

◆ t8_element_level()

int t8_element_level ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Return the level of a particular element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element whose level should be returned.
Returns
The level of elem.

◆ t8_element_max_num_faces()

int t8_element_max_num_faces ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Compute the maximum number of faces of a given element and all of its descendants.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
Returns
The number of faces of element.

◆ t8_element_maxlevel()

int t8_element_maxlevel ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts)

Return the maximum allowed level for any element of a given class.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
Returns
The maximum allowed level for elements of class ts.

◆ t8_element_nca()

void t8_element_nca ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem1,
const t8_element_t elem2,
t8_element_t nca 
)

Compute the nearest common ancestor of two elements.

That is, the element with highest level that still has both given elements as descendants.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elem1The first of the two input elements.
[in]elem2The second of the two input elements.
[in,out]ncaThe storage for this element must exist and match the element class of the child. On output the unique nearest common ancestor of elem1 and elem2.

◆ t8_element_new()

void t8_element_new ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
int  length,
t8_element_t **  elems 
)

Allocate memory for an array of elements of a given class and initialize them.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]lengthThe number of elements to be allocated.
[in,out]elemsOn input an array of length many unallocated element pointers. On output all these pointers will point to an allocated and initialized element.
Note
Not every element that is created in t8code will be created by a call to this function. However, if an element is not created using t8_element_new, then it is guaranteed that t8_element_init is called on it.
In debugging mode, an element that was created with t8_element_new must pass t8_element_is_valid.
If an element was created by t8_element_new then t8_element_init may not be called for it. Thus, t8_element_new should initialize an element in the same way as a call to t8_element_init would.
See also
t8_element_init
t8_element_is_valid

◆ t8_element_num_children()

int t8_element_num_children ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Compute the number of children of an element when it is refined.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
Returns
The number of children of element.

◆ t8_element_num_corners()

int t8_element_num_corners ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Compute the number of corners of an element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
Returns
The number of corners of element.

◆ t8_element_num_face_children()

int t8_element_num_face_children ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face 
)

Compute the number of children of an element's face when the element is refined.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
[in]faceA face of elem.
Returns
The number of children of face if elem is to be refined.

◆ t8_element_num_faces()

int t8_element_num_faces ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Compute the number of faces of an element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
Returns
The number of faces of element.

◆ t8_element_num_siblings()

int t8_element_num_siblings ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Compute the number of siblings of an element.

That is the number of Children of its parent.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
Returns
The number of siblings of element. Note that this number is >= 1, since we count the element itself as a sibling.

◆ t8_element_parent()

void t8_element_parent ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
t8_element_t parent 
)

Compute the parent of a given element elem and store it in parent.

parent needs to be an existing element. No memory is allocated by this function. elem and parent can point to the same element, then the entries of elem are overwritten by the ones of its parent.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element whose parent will be computed.
[in,out]parentThis element's entries will be overwritten by those of elem's parent. The storage for this element must exist and match the element class of the parent.

◆ t8_element_refines_irregular()

int t8_element_refines_irregular ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts)

Returns true, if there is one element in the tree, that does not refine into 2^dim children.

Returns false otherwise.

◆ t8_element_root_len()

int t8_element_root_len ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Compute the root lenght of a given element, that is the length of its level 0 ancestor.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element whose root length should be computed.
Returns
The root length of elem

◆ t8_element_set_linear_id()

void t8_element_set_linear_id ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
t8_element_t elem,
int  level,
t8_linearidx_t  id 
)

Initialize the entries of an allocated element according to a given linear id in a uniform refinement.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in,out]elemThe element whose entries will be set.
[in]levelThe level of the uniform refinement to consider.
[in]idThe linear id. id must fulfil 0 <= id < 'number of leafs in the uniform refinement'

◆ t8_element_shape()

t8_element_shape_t t8_element_shape ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem 
)

Return the shape of an allocated element according its type.

For example, a child of an element can be an element of a different shape and has to be handled differently - according to its shape.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element to be considered
Returns
The shape of the element as an eclass

◆ t8_element_sibling()

void t8_element_sibling ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  sibid,
t8_element_t sibling 
)

Compute a specific sibling of a given element elem and store it in sibling.

sibling needs to be an existing element. No memory is allocated by this function. elem and sibling can point to the same element, then the entries of elem are overwritten by the ones of its i-th sibling.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element whose sibling will be computed.
[in]sibidThe id of the sibling computed.
[in,out]siblingThis element's entries will be overwritten by those of elem's sibid-th sibling. The storage for this element must exist and match the element class of the sibling.

◆ t8_element_size()

size_t t8_element_size ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts)

Return the size of any element of a given class.

Returns
The size of an element of class ts. We provide a default implementation of this routine that should suffice for most use cases.

◆ t8_element_successor()

void t8_element_successor ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem1,
t8_element_t elem2,
int  level 
)

Construct the successor in a uniform refinement of a given element.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elem1The element whose successor should be constructed.
[in,out]elem2The element whose entries will be set.
[in]levelThe level of the uniform refinement to consider.

◆ t8_element_transform_face()

void t8_element_transform_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem1,
t8_element_t elem2,
int  orientation,
int  sign,
int  is_smaller_face 
)

Suppose we have two trees that share a common face f.

Given an element e that is a subface of f in one of the trees and given the orientation of the tree connection, construct the face element of the respective tree neighbor that logically coincides with e but lies in the coordinate system of the neighbor tree.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elem1The face element.
[in,out]elem2On return the face elment elem1 with respective to the coordinate system of the other tree.
[in]orientationThe orientation of the tree-tree connection.
See also
t8_cmesh_set_join
Parameters
[in]signDepending on the topological orientation of the two tree faces, either 0 (both faces have opposite orientation) or 1 (both faces have the same top. orientattion). t8_eclass_face_orientation
[in]is_smaller_faceFlag to declare whether elem1 belongs to the smaller face. A face f of tree T is smaller than f' of T' if either the eclass of T is smaller or if the classes are equal and f<f'. The orientation is defined in relation to the smaller face.
Note
elem1 and elem2 may point to the same element.

◆ t8_element_tree_face()

int t8_element_tree_face ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t elem,
int  face 
)

Given an element and a face of this element.

If the face lies on the tree boundary, return the face number of the tree face. If not the return value is arbitrary.

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]elemThe element.
[in]faceThe index of a face of elem.
Returns
The index of the tree face that face is a subface of, if face is on a tree boundary. Any arbitrary integer if is not at a tree boundary.

◆ t8_element_vertex_reference_coords()

void t8_element_vertex_reference_coords ( const t8_eclass_scheme_c ts,
const t8_element_t t,
const int  vertex,
double  coords[] 
)

Compute the coordinates of a given element vertex inside a reference tree that is embedded into [0,1]^d (d = dimension).

Parameters
[in]tsImplementation of a class scheme.
[in]tThe element to be considered.
[in]vertexThe id of the vertex whose coordinates shall be computed.
[out]coordsAn array of at least as many doubles as the element's dimension whose entries will be filled with the coordinates of vertex.