An adaptive finite element method for a linear elliptic equation with variable coefficients

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 481-491

  Dorfler W ^a   Wilderotter, O ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Adaptive mesh refinement; Linear elliptic equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041952913     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4001(200007)80:7<481::AID-ZAMM481>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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