Multilevel projection algorithm for solving obstacle problems

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1505-1513

  Zhang, Yongmin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Error estimate; Finite element; Multilevel projection; Obstacle problem

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

OBSTACLE PROBLEMS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0035371311     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(01)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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