Positivity preserving finite element approximation

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 71, Issue 240, 2002, Pages 1405-1419

  Nochetto, Ricardo H ^a   Wahlbin, Lars B ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme points; Finite elements; Positive operators; Second order accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036790329     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-01-01369-2     Document Type: Article

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