INSTALLATION Add the path to iFEM into the path library of MATLAB. There are two ways: 1. Graphical interface. Click File -> Set Path -> Add with Subfolders and chose the directory where the package iFEM is stored. 2. Command window. Go to the directory of iFEM and run >> setpath ------------------------------------------------------------------ HELP 1. HELP FUN displays a description of and syntax for the function FUN. For example, >> help mg will show basic usage for mg function in the plain text. 2. IFEM FUNdoc show detailed description. For example, >> ifem mgdoc will explain the mg function step by step in html format. ------------------------------------------------------------------ QUICK START 1. Type >>ifem introduction to get an introduction on ifem. 2. Go through examples in \example directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------ FEED BACK If you like it, please send me an email lyc102@gmail.com. If you feel it is helpful for your research, please acknowledge your use by citing: L. Chen. iFEM: an integrated finite element method package in MATLAB. Technical Report, University of California at Irvine, 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The author would like to thank Professor Michael Holst in University of California at San Diego and Professor Ludmil Zikatanov in Pennsylvania State University for many insightful discussion, and also Professor Chensong Zhang in Chinese Academy of Sciences for the effort in the development of AFEM@matlab, an early version of iFEM. The author also thanks students Ming Wang, Huayi Wei, Lin Zhong, and Jie Zhou for their contribution to iFEM in one way or another. Detailed credits can be found in the M-lint of m files. Long Chen -------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Fax: 949-824-7993 Department of Mathematics Phone: 949-824-6595 University of California at Irvine Email: chenlong@math.uci.edu Irvine, CA, 92697 http://math.uci.edu/~chenlong/ --------------------------------------------------------------------