Convergence of mimetic finite difference method for diffusion problems on polyhedral meshes with curved faces

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-297

  Brezzi, Franco ^a   Lipnikov, Konstantin ^b   Shashkov, Mikhail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Finite differences; Mimetic discretizations; Polyhedral meshes

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644433326     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202506001157     Document Type: Article

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