The p and hp versions of the finite element method for problems with boundary layers

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 65, Issue 216, 1996, Pages 1403-1429

  Schwab, Christoph ^a   Suri, Manil ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; hp version; p version; Singularly perturbed problem; Spectral element method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041622292     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-96-00781-8     Document Type: Article

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