## Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010  Carlo de Falco, Massimiliano Culpo
##
## This file is part of:
##     BIM - Diffusion Advection Reaction PDE Solver
##
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##
##  author: Carlo de Falco     <cdf _AT_ users.sourceforge.net>
##  author: Massimiliano Culpo <culpo _AT_ users.sourceforge.net>

## -*- texinfo -*-
##
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{gx}, @var{gy}, @var{gz}]} = @
## bim3c_pde_gradient(@var{mesh},@var{u}) 
##
## Compute the gradient of the piecewise linear conforming scalar
## function @var{u}.
##
## @seealso{bim3c_global_flux}
## @end deftypefn

function [gx, gy, gz] = bim3c_pde_gradient (mesh, u)

  ## Check input  
  if (nargin != 2)
    error("bim3c_pde_gradient: wrong number of input parameters.");
  elseif (! (isstruct (mesh)     && isfield (mesh,"p")) &&
	   isfield (mesh, "t") && isfield(mesh, "e"))
    error ("bim3c_pde_gradient: first input is not a valid mesh structure.");
  endif

  nnodes = columns (mesh.p);

  if (numel (u) != nnodes)
    error ("bim3c_pde_gradient: length(u) != nnodes.");
  endif

  gx   = sum (squeeze (mesh.shg(1,:,:)) .* u(mesh.t(1:4,:)), 1);
  gy   = sum (squeeze (mesh.shg(2,:,:)) .* u(mesh.t(1:4,:)), 1);
  gz   = sum (squeeze (mesh.shg(3,:,:)) .* u(mesh.t(1:4,:)), 1);

endfunction