Superconvergence of the velocity in mimetic finite difference methods on quadrilaterals

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1728-1749

  Berndt, M ^a   Lipnikov, K ^a   Shashkov, M ^a   Wheeler, M F ^b   Yotov, I ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mimetic finite difference; Mixed finite element; Superconvergence; Tensor coefficient

Indexed keywords

MIMETIC FINITE DIFFERENCE; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; SUPERCONVERGENCE; TENSOR COEFFICIENTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 32644431624     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/040606831     Document Type: Article

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