Reliable a posteriori error control for nonconforming finite element approximation of stokes flow

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 74, Issue 252, 2005, Pages 1599-1619

  Dorfler W ^a   Ainsworth, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Computable error bounds; Nonconforming finite elements; Stokes flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144466719     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-05-01743-6     Document Type: Article

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