# Default quadrature rule is Keast?

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**Category:** Linear Algebra\
**Created:** [July 3, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/default-quadrature-rule-is-keast/1093 "2019-07-03T08:17:18Z")\
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Hi

Can anyone tell me what the default quadrature rule is? I thought it’d be Gauss but when I look at `quadrature_schemes.py` in FIAT, I saw there is `default` scheme as well as `Gauss`. Does that mean if I don’t explicitly tell to use Gauss, Keast scheme will be used? Or am I looking at wrong spot or misunderstanding something?

Sorry for this might-be-stupid question. I tried to look at ufl/measure.py, but metadata’s initilization is hard to understand, so if anyone knows the details, any reply would be appreciated.

Thanks,  
Victor