A nonconforming finite element method for a two-dimensional curl-curl and grad-div problem

Numerische Mathematik

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-533

  Brenner, S C ^a   Cui, J ^a   Li, F ^b   Sung, L Y ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Curl curl and grad div problem; Maxwell equations; Nonconforming finite element methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649161233     PISSN: 0029599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00211-008-0149-7     Document Type: Article

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