Surface diffusion of graphs: Variational formulation, error analysis, and simulation

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 773-799

  Bänsch, Eberhard ^a,b   Morin, Pedro ^c   Nochetto, Ricardo H ^d  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

A priori error estimates; Finite elements; Fourth order parabolic problem; Schur complement; Smoothing effect; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

A PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATE; FOURTH-ORDER PARABOLIC PROBLEM; SCHUR COMPLEMENT; SMOOTHING EFFECT; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPH THEORY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RELIABILITY;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 10844272222     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142902419272     Document Type: Article

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