Poincaré-Friedrichs inequalities for piecewise H1 functions

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 306-324

  Brenner, Susanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Galerkin methods; Mortar methods; Nonconforming finite elements; Piecewise H1 functions; Poincar Friedrichs inequalities

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; GALERKIN METHODS; GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIANGULATION;

DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; MORTAR METHODS; NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT; POINCARE-FRIEDRICHS INEQUALITIES; SOBOLEV SPACES;

PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

EID: 1842459324     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142902401311     Document Type: Article

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