Edge elements on anisotropic meshes and approximation of the Maxwell equations

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 784-816

  Nicaise, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropic interpolation error estimate; Anisotropic mesh; Edge element; Edge singularity; Maxwell equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035382418     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614290036988X     Document Type: Article

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