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What’s ExaFMM?<\/span><\/h1>\n

The fast multipole method (FMM) is a numerical engine used in many applications, from acoustics, electrostatics, fluid simulations, wave scattering, and more.<\/p>\n

Despite its importance, there is a lack of open community codes, which has impeded its wider adoption. It is also a difficult algorithm to understand and to program, making availability of open-source implementations even more desirable.<\/p>\n

This project offers a software base for FMM, including contributions from a growing group of researchers who are passionate about making the power of multipole-based methods available to all in the scientific-computing community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Initially (late 2011), the ExaFMM project hosted a parallel, GPU-enabled code developed in the Barba group at Boston University. This code was launched at the Supercomputing Conference of 2011<\/a>, with a poster at the NVIDIA booth. The features and performance of that code are described in other sections of this web site.<\/p>\n

Since then, other FMM researchers have joined-in to make ExaFMM a community effort aimed at providing open-source FMM software infrastructure. As we add more code modules to the repository, descriptions of their features and performance will be added, too.<\/p>\n

Where to start?<\/span><\/h1>\n

Get the code base and install<\/a> according to the instructions. Make sure you understand the license<\/a> conditions.<\/p>\n

User’s Manual<\/span><\/h1>\n

The ExaFMM-UserManual<\/a> explains how to download and install, the included tests, and a short description of the algorithm. The current version is very preliminary, so bear with us. This is a new project, involving a handful of researchers only, and we will extend the documentation as we are able.<\/p>\n

Developer documentation<\/span><\/h1>\n

Detailed documentation of the code for developers<\/a> is generated automatically using Doxigen.<\/p>\n

Mailing list<\/h3>\n

We maintain an email list to discuss ExaFMM and interact with users and developers. Join the ExaFMM list<\/a> (you can unsubscribe at any time via the same form).<\/p>\n

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