FunctionSpace

class dolfin.functions.functionspace.FunctionSpace(mesh, family, degree, form_degree=None, constrained_domain=None, restriction=None)

Bases: dolfin.functions.functionspace.FunctionSpaceBase

FunctionSpace represents a finite element function space.

Create finite element function space.

Arguments

mesh (Mesh)

the mesh

family (string)

specification of the element family, see below for alternatives.

degree (int)

the degree of the element.

form_degree (int)

the form degree (FEEC notation, used when field is viewed as k-form)

constrained_domain

constrained subdomain with map function.

restriction

restriction of the element (e.g. to cell facets).

Which families and degrees that are supported is determined by the form compiler used to generate the element, but typical families include

Name	Usage
Argyris*	“ARG”
Arnold-Winther*	“AW”
Brezzi-Douglas-Fortin-Marini*	“BDFM”
Brezzi-Douglas-Marini	“BDM”
Bubble	“B”
Crouzeix-Raviart	“CR”
Discontinuous Lagrange	“DG”
Discontinuous Raviart-Thomas	“DRT”
Hermite*	“HER”
Lagrange	“CG”
Mardal-Tai-Winther*	“MTW”
Morley*	“MOR”
Nedelec 1st kind H(curl)	“N1curl”
Nedelec 2nd kind H(curl)	“N2curl”
Quadrature	“Q”
Raviart-Thomas	“RT”
Real	“R”

*only partly supported.

Examples of usage

To define a discrete function space over e.g. the unit square:

mesh = UnitSquare(32,32)
V = FunctionSpace(mesh, "CG", 1)

Here, "CG" stands for Continuous Galerkin, implying the standard Lagrange family of elements. Instead of "CG", we could have written "Lagrange". With degree 1, we get the linear Lagrange element. Other examples include:

# Discontinuous element of degree 0
V = FunctionSpace(mesh, "DG", 0)

# Brezzi-Douglas-Marini element of degree 2
W = FunctionSpace(mesh, "BDM", 2)

# Real element with one global degree of freedom
R = FunctionSpace(mesh, "R", 0)

restriction(meshfunction)