A discrete divergence-free basis for finite element methods

Numerical Algorithms

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 365-380

  Ye, Xiu ^a   Hall, Charles A ^b  

^a Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0042636808     PISSN: 10171398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019159702198     Document Type: Article

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