A numerical method for steady state free boundary problems

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2184-2214

  Zhang, Zhimin ^a,b   Babuška, Ivo ^b,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

A priori estimate; Exponential rate of convergence; Free boundary; Minimization sequence; The Laplace equation; Variational formulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542785585     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142992229853     Document Type: Article

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