Maximum-norm estimates for resolvents of elliptic finite element operators

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 72, Issue 244, 2003, Pages 1597-1610

  Bakaev, Nikolai Yu ^a   Thomée, Vidar ^b   Wahlbin, Lars B ^c  

^a Institute of Statistics   (Russian Federation)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic; Finite elements; Maximum norm; Parabolic; Resolvent estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141976345     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-02-01488-6     Document Type: Article

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