Citing deal.II

If you write a paper using results obtained with the help of deal.II, please cite the following two references (or one of the ones listed below for other versions of deal.II). Specific features of deal.II are also discussed in a set of publications listed on a separate page.

Daniel Arndt, Wolfgang Bangerth, Bruno Blais, Marc Fehling, Rene Gassmöller, Timo Heister, Luca Heltai, Vladimir Ivannikov, Martin Kronbichler, Matthias Maier, Peter Munch, Andreas Steger, Dominik Still, Bruno Turcksin, David Wells
The deal.II Library, Version 9.8
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, 2026.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2026-0118; preprint

@Article{2026:arndt.bangerth.ea:deal,
  author  = {Daniel Arndt and Wolfgang Bangerth and Bruno Blais and Marc Fehling and Rene Gassm\"{o}ller
             and Timo Heister and Luca Heltai and Vladimir Ivannikov and Martin Kronbichler
             and Matthias Maier and Peter Munch and Andreas Steger and Dominik Still and Bruno Turcksin
             and David Wells},
  title   = {The deal.II library, Version 9.8},
  journal = {Journal of Numerical Mathematics},
  year    = 2026,
  doi     = {10.1515/jnma-2026-0118}
}

Daniel Arndt, Wolfgang Bangerth, Maximilian Bergbauer, Bruno Blais, Marc Fehling, Rene Gassmöller, Timo Heister, Luca Heltai, Martin Kronbichler, Matthias Maier, Peter Munch, Sam Scheuerman, Bruno Turcksin, Siarhei Uzunbajakau, David Wells, Michał Wichrowski
The deal.II Library, Version 9.7
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, vol. 33, no. 4, pages 403-415, 2025.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2025-0115; preprint;

@Article{2025:arndt.bangerth.ea:deal,
  author  = {Daniel Arndt and Wolfgang Bangerth and Maximilian Bergbauer and Bruno Blais and Marc Fehling and Rene Gassm\"{o}ller
             and Timo Heister and Luca Heltai and Martin Kronbichler and Matthias Maier and Peter Munch and Sam Scheuerman
             and Bruno Turcksin and Siarhei Uzunbajakau and David Wells and Micha{\l} Wichrowski},
  title   = {The deal.II library, Version 9.7},
  journal = {Journal of Numerical Mathematics},
  year    = 2025,
  volume  = 33,
  number  = 4,
  pages   = {403--415},
  doi     = {10.1515/jnma-2025-0115}
}

D. Arndt, W. Bangerth, D. Davydov, T. Heister, L. Heltai, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, J.-P. Pelteret, B. Turcksin, D. Wells
The deal.II finite element library: design, features, and insights
Computers & Mathematics with Applications, vol. 81, pages 407-422, 2021.
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2020.02.022; preprint

@Article{dealii2019design,
  title   = {The {deal.II} finite element library: Design, features, and insights},
  author  = {Daniel Arndt and Wolfgang Bangerth and Denis Davydov and
             Timo Heister and Luca Heltai and Martin Kronbichler and
             Matthias Maier and Jean-Paul Pelteret and Bruno Turcksin and
             David Wells},
  journal = {Computers \& Mathematics with Applications},
  year    = {2021},
  DOI     = {10.1016/j.camwa.2020.02.022},
  pages   = {407-422},
  volume  = {81},
  issn    = {0898-1221},
  url     = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.13247}
}

Older releases are announced in the following articles:

Pasquale Claudio Africa, Daniel Arndt, Wolfgang Bangerth, Bruno Blais, Marc Fehling, Rene Gassmöller, Timo Heister, Luca Heltai, Martin Kronbichler, Matthias Maier, Peter Munch, Magdalena Schreter-Fleischhacker, Jan Philipp Thiele, Bruno Turcksin, David Wells, Vladimir Yushutin
The deal.II Library, Version 9.6
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, vol. 32, pp. 369-380, 2024.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2024-0137; preprint; bibtex
Daniel Arndt, Wolfgang Bangerth, Maximilian Bergbauer, Marco Feder, Marc Fehling, Johannes Heinz, Timo Heister, Luca Heltai, Martin Kronbichler, Matthias Maier, Peter Munch, Jean-Paul Pelteret, Bruno Turcksin, David Wells, Stefano Zampini
The deal.II Library, Version 9.5
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, vol. 31, no. 3, pages 231-246, 2023.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2023-0089; preprint; bibtex
Daniel Arndt, Wolfgang Bangerth, Marco Feder, Marc Fehling, Rene Gassmöller, Timo Heister, Luca Heltai, Martin Kronbichler, Matthias Maier, Peter Munch, Jean-Paul Pelteret, Simon Sticko, Bruno Turcksin, David Wells
The deal.II Library, Version 9.4
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, Volume 30, No. 3, pages 231-246, 2022.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2022-0054; preprint; bibtex
D. Arndt, W. Bangerth, B. Blais, M. Fehling, R. Gassmöller, T. Heister, L. Heltai, U. Köcher, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, P. Munch, J.-P. Pelteret, S. Proell, K. Simon, B. Turcksin, D. Wells, J. Zhang
The deal.II Library, Version 9.3
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, Volume 29, No. 3, Pages 171-186, 2021.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2021-0081; preprint; bibtex
D. Arndt, W. Bangerth, B. Blais, T. C. Clevenger, M. Fehling, A. V. Grayver, T. Heister, L. Heltai, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, P. Munch, J.-P. Pelteret, R. Rastak, I. Thomas, B. Turcksin, Z. Wang, D. Wells
The deal.II Library, Version 9.2
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, Volume 28, Pages 131-146, 2020.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2020-0043; preprint; bibtex
D. Arndt, W. Bangerth, T. C. Clevenger, D. Davydov, M. Fehling, D. Garcia-Sanchez, G. Harper, T. Heister, L. Heltai, M. Kronbichler, R. M. Kynch, M. Maier, J.-P. Pelteret, B. Turcksin, D. Wells
The deal.II Library, Version 9.1
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 203-213, 2019.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2019-0064; preprint; bibtex
G. Alzetta, D. Arndt, W. Bangerth, V. Boddu, B. Brands, D. Davydov, R. Gassmoeller, T. Heister, L. Heltai, K. Kormann, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, J.-P. Pelteret, B. Turcksin, D. Wells
The deal.II Library, Version 9.0
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, 26(4), pp. 173-183, 2018.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2018-0054; preprint; bibtex
D. Arndt, W. Bangerth, D. Davydov, T. Heister, L. Heltai, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, J.-P. Pelteret, B. Turcksin, D. Wells
The deal.II Library, Version 8.5
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, vol. 25, pp. 137-146, 2017.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2017-0058; preprint
W. Bangerth, D. Davydov, T. Heister, L. Heltai, G. Kanschat, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, B. Turcksin, D. Wells
The deal.II Library, Version 8.4
Journal of Numerical Mathematics, vol. 24, pp. 135-141, 2016.
DOI: 10.1515/jnma-2016-1045; preprint
W. Bangerth, T. Heister, L. Heltai, G. Kanschat, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, B. Turcksin
The deal.II Library, Version 8.3
Archive of Numerical Software, vol. 4, pp. 1-11, 2016.
DOI: 10.11588/ans.2016.100.23122; preprint
W. Bangerth, T. Heister, L. Heltai, G. Kanschat, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, T. D. Young
The deal.II Library, Version 8.2
Archive of Numerical Software, vol. 3, 2015.
DOI: 10.11588/ans.2015.100.18031
W. Bangerth, T. Heister, L. Heltai, G. Kanschat, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, T. D. Young
The deal.II Library, Version 8.1
arxiv:1312.2266v4, 2013.
W. Bangerth, T. Heister, L. Heltai, G. Kanschat, M. Kronbichler, M. Maier, T. D. Young
The deal.II Library, Version 8.0
arxiv:1312.2266v3, 2013.