On the convergence of galerkin finite element approximations of electromagnetic eigenproblems

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 580-607

  Caorsi, Salvatore ^a   Fernandes, Paolo ^b   Raffetto, Mirco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Torre di Francia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convergence; Discontinuous material properties; Edge elements; Electromagnetic eigenproblems; Galerkin finite element approximations; Noncompact operators; Spurious modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034446186     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142999357506     Document Type: Article

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