A quasi-optimal error estimate for a discrete singularly perturbed approximation to the prescribed curvature problem

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 66, Issue 217, 1997, Pages 45-67

  Paolini, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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EID: 0031543122     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0025-5718-97-00771-0     Document Type: Article

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