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This page serves as an overview for the Finite Element Method Code.  The code is based on the the work of Micheal Gibbons and Arjun Raj's finite element method for the Sierpinski Gasket, and Kevin Coletta's code for irregular decompositions.  Both of their websites serve as a fine starting point for learning the code, but this one is designed to be self-sufficient

The coding was done in Maple 7, a high-level mathematics program, and Maple is required to run it.  However, at some point, most of this will be transported into C++, allowing anyone to use the code, as well as gain much-needed speed.

I have divided the overview into the following links:

Short Tutorial on Using the Finite Element Method

How the Internal Data Structures Work

Outline on the Use of Individual Functions