Any Dolfin reference for beginner

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Hi,

I’m a beginner of Fenics. When I try to follow a script of an example, I find it is hard to understand how some of the objects are defined. I tried to find the information on https://fenicsproject.org/docs/dolfin/latest/python/api.html, but still feel confused. Is there any dolfin reference for beginner?

Thanks in advance,
Tianwu

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Hi - Check out the tutorials: http://fenicsproject.org/pub/tutorial/html/ftut1.html

Also the fenics book: http://fenicsproject.org/book/
and https://fenicsproject.org/documentation/

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Hi Tianwu,

You didn’t mention your level of familiarity with finite elements. When I was starting, I was also trying to learn finite elements and found this book:
https://hplgit.github.io/fem-book/doc/web/index.html
to be very useful, as it introduces you to finite elements while using SymPy and Fenics at the same time.

Cheers,
Daniel