> A very basic question. I noticed that all the programs use lagrange shape
> functions. Is there a good reason for this? Since legendre shape functions
> have fewer degrees of freedom for the same order(p) , shouldn't this be a
> more useful choice for shape functions especially for DG methods?

Um, maybe I just don't understand the question, but don't two polynomials of 
the same degree p have the same number of coefficients (unknowns)? Can you 
elaborate on your question?

Best
 W.

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