Talk:Finite element method: Difference between revisions

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::: I'd say the convention according to what is used in the literature. A GScholar search for the term "finite-element method" yields the first three pages of 29 hits with the method named without a hyphen and 1 hit for the method named with a hyphen. GBooks yields a similarly lopsided ratio. Per [[WP:COMMONNAME]], we generally use the most common form of the term in the literature. Since both forms occur, however, I've added a redirect from [[Finite-element method]] --[[User:Mark viking|Mark viking]] ([[User talk:Mark viking|talk]]) 03:42, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 
:::: It seems that this field uses a special variant of English. :–) Otherwise, I don't know how to explain phrases like "open source finite element software programs" (yes, without any hyphens and with mysterious "software programs", which probably means "computer programs" or "software") and why "Runge-Kutta", "Euler-Bernoulli" and "Navier-Stokes" are written with hyphens instead of dashes. — [[User:Mikhail Ryazanov|Mikhail Ryazanov]] ([[User talk:Mikhail Ryazanov|talk]]) 22:16, 7 February 2014 (UTC)