Study guide: Introduction to finite element methods

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Compute the element vector

def element_vector(f, phi, Omega_e, symbolic=True):
    n = len(phi)
    b_e = sp.zeros((n, 1))
    # Make f a function of X
    X = sp.Symbol('X')
    if symbolic:
        h = sp.Symbol('h')
    else:
        h = Omega_e[1] - Omega_e[0]
    x = (Omega_e[0] + Omega_e[1])/2 + h/2*X  # mapping
    f = f.subs('x', x)  # substitute mapping formula for x
    detJ = h/2  # dx/dX
    for r in range(n):
        b_e[r] = sp.integrate(f*phi[r]*detJ, (X, -1, 1))
    return b_e

Note f.subs('x', x): replace x by $ x(X) $ such that f contains X