Stability and convergence of finite-element approximation schemes for harmonic maps

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 220-238

  Bartels, Sören ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive refinement; Finite element method; Harmonic maps; Iterative algorithm; Liquid crystals; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; HARMONIC MAPS; WEAK CONVERGENCE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33644536096     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/040606594     Document Type: Article

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