On mixed error estimates for elliptic obstacle problems

Advances in Computational Mathematics

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 261-283

  Liu, Wenbin ^a,b   Ma, Heping ^c   Tang, Tao ^d  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elliptic obstacle; Finite element approximation; Sharp a posteriori error estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035567412     PISSN: 10197168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014261013164     Document Type: Article

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