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   > Farahat, A., Jüttler, B., Kapl, M., & Takacs, T. (2023). Isogeometric analysis with C1-smooth functions over multi-patch surfaces. [***Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering***, 403, 115706.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115706)
 
 - **Almost - $C^1$** (`gsAlmostC1`)
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-- **Degenerate patches (D-Patches)** (`gsDPatch`)
-- **Multi-Patch B-Splines with Enhanced Smoothness** (`gsMPBESSpline`)
-  > Buchegger, F., Jüttler, B., & Mantzaflaris, A. (2016). Adaptively refined multi-patch B-splines with enhanced smoothness. [***Applied Mathematics and Computation***, 272, 159-172.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2015.06.055)
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-## Implementation aspects
-The general implementation of unstructured spline constructions is provided by the `gsMappedSpline` and `gsMappedBasis` classes. These classes define a global basis construction through a linear combination of local basis functions. The linear combination is stored in the `gsWeightMapper`. In general, a mapped basis is configured as follows:
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   > Takacs, T. & Toshniwal, D. (2023). Almost-$C^1$ splines: Biquadratic splines on unstructured quadrilateral meshes and their application to fourth order problems. [***Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering***, 403, 115640.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115640)
 
 - **Degenerate patches (D-Patches)** (`gsDPatch`)
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 ## Implementation aspects
 The general implementation of unstructured spline constructions is provided by the `gsMappedSpline` and `gsMappedBasis` classes. These classes define a global basis construction through a linear combination of local basis functions. The linear combination is stored in the `gsWeightMapper`. In general, a mapped basis is configured as follows:
 
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 ## Examples
 
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 ## Publications based on this module
 
 ### Journal articles
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-1. Verhelst, H. M., Weinmüller, P., Mantzaflaris, A., Takacs, T., & Toshniwal, D. (2023). A comparison of smooth basis constructions for isogeometric analysis. ***arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04405***.
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 1. Verhelst, H. M., Weinmüller, P., Mantzaflaris, A., Takacs, T., & Toshniwal, D. (2023). A comparison of smooth basis constructions for isogeometric analysis. [***Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering***, 419, 116659.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116659)
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 1. Farahat, A., Verhelst, H. M., Kiendl, J., & Kapl, M. (2023). Isogeometric analysis for multi-patch structured Kirchhoff–Love shells. [***Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering***, 411, 116060.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116060)
 1. Farahat, A., Jüttler, B., Kapl, M., & Takacs, T. (2023). Isogeometric analysis with C1-smooth functions over multi-patch surfaces. [***Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering***, 403, 115706.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115706)
 1. Weinmüller, P., & Takacs, T. (2022). An approximate C1 multi-patch space for isogeometric analysis with a comparison to Nitsche’s method. [***Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering***, 401, 115592.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115592)
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 1. Buchegger, F., Jüttler, B., & Mantzaflaris, A. (2016). Adaptively refined multi-patch B-splines with enhanced smoothness. [***Applied Mathematics and Computation***, 272, 159-172.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2015.06.055)
 
 ### PhD Theses
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-1. Verhelst, H.M. (2024). Isogeometric analysis of wrinkling, [***PhD Thesis***]()
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 1. Verhelst, H.M. (2024). Isogeometric analysis of wrinkling, [***PhD Thesis***](https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:0e4c3644-31a4-4157-983d-bd001d91b8ca)
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 1. Farahat, A. (2023). Isogeometric Analysis with $C^1$-smooth functions over multi-patch surfaces, [***PhD Thesis***](https://epub.jku.at/obvulihs/id/8255939)
 1. Weinmüller, P. (2022). Weak and approximate C1 smoothness over multi-patch domains in isogeometric analysis, [***PhD Thesis***](https://epub.jku.at/obvulihs/content/titleinfo/7811106)
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 #### Geometries:
 
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