Stability and convergence of mixed discontinuous finite element methods for second-order differential problems

Journal of Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-287

  Chen, H ^a   Chen, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Convergence; Error estimates; Mixed discontinuous finite element methods; Second order problems; Stability

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GALERKIN METHODS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

ERROR ESTIMATES; MIXED DISCONTINUOUS FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; SECOND ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0346361568     PISSN: 15702820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939503322663449     Document Type: Article

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