FreeFem++
![]() FreeFem++-cs | |
Developer(s) | Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions |
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Initial release | 1987 |
Stable release | 3.59
/ March 16, 2018 |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Solaris |
License | LGPL version 2.1 or later |
Website | www |
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
- ^ Hecht, Frédéric (2012). "New development in FreeFem++". Journal of Numerical Mathematics. 20 (3–4): 251–266.
- ^ "FreeFem++ website". Retrieved March 14, 2016.