Superconvergence of finite element approximations for the Stokes problem by projection methods

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1001-1013

  Wang, Junping ^a   Ye, Xiu ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas at Little Rock   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Method of least squares; Superconvergence; The Stokes equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035382409     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614290037589X     Document Type: Article

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