The error in linear interpolation at the vertices of a simplex

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1191-1200

  Waldron, Shayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Courant's finite element; Envelope theorems; Finite elements; Lagrange interpolation; Linear interpolation on a triangle; Multivariate quasi interpolation operator; Optimal recovery of functions; Sharp error bounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039836768     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142996313154     Document Type: Article

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