FreeFem++

FreeFem++
FreeFem++-cs
Developer(s) Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions
Initial release 1987 (1987)
Stable release
3.59 / March 16, 2018 (2018-03-16)
Written in C++
Operating system Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Solaris
License LGPL version 2.1 or later
Website www.freefem.org

FreeFem++ is a programming language and a software focused on solving partial differential equations using the finite element method. FreeFem++ is written in C++ and developed and maintained by Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions. It runs on Linux, Solaris, macOS and MS Windows systems. FreeFem++ is free software (GPL).,[1][2]

FreeFem++ language is inspired by C++. There is an IDE called FreeFem++-cs.

History

The first version was created in 1987 by Olivier Pironneau and was named MacFem (it only worked on Macintosh); PCFem appeared some time later. Both were written in Pascal.

In 1992 it was re-written in C++ and named FreeFem. Later versions, FreeFem+ (1996) and FreeFem++ (1998), used that programming language too.

Other versions

  • FreeFem++ includes versions for console mode and MPI
  • FreeFem3D

Deprecated versions:

  • FreeFem+
  • FreeFem

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hecht, Frédéric (2012). "New development in FreeFem++". Journal of Numerical Mathematics. 20 (3–4): 251–266.
  2. ↑ "FreeFem++ website". Retrieved March 14, 2016.
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