Superconvergence of mixed finite element methods for parabolic problems with nonsmooth initial data

Numerische Mathematik

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 495-521

  Chen, Hongsen ^a   Ewing, Richard ^a   Lazarov, Raytcho ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032344669     PISSN: 0029599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002110050323     Document Type: Article

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