Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/flowequation.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/flowequation.m	(revision 19485)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/flowequation.m	(revision 19486)
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.fe_HO' ,'values',{'P1','P1bubble','P1bubblecondensed','P1xP2','P2xP1','P2','P2bubble','P1xP3','P2xP4'});
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.fe_FS' ,'values',{'P1P1','P1P1GLS','MINIcondensed','MINI','TaylorHood','LATaylorHood','XTaylorHood','OneLayerP4z','CrouzeixRaviart','LACrouzeixRaviart'});
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_r','numel',[1],'>',0.);
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_rlambda','numel',[1],'>',0.);
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_rhop','numel',[1],'>',0.);
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_rholambda','numel',[1],'>',0.);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_r','numel',[1],'>=',0.);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_rlambda','numel',[1],'>=',0.);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_rhop','numel',[1],'>=',0.);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.augmented_lagrangian_rholambda','numel',[1],'>=',0.);
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.XTH_theta','numel',[1],'>=',0.,'<',0.5);
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','flowequation.borderSSA','size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1],'values',[0 1]);