A basic convergence result for conforming adaptive finite elements

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 707-737

  Morin, Pedro ^a   Siebert, Kunibert G ^b   Veeser, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Conforming finite elements; Convergence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ERROR ESTIMATORS; FINITE ELEMENT SPACES; INFSUP CONDITIONS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 44349193375     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202508002838     Document Type: Article

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