On the necessity and sufficiency of the patch test for convergence of nonconforming finite elements

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 363-384

  Wang, Ming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nonconforming finite element; Patch test; Superapproximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035322470     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614299936473X     Document Type: Article

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