Convergence of an adaptive FEM for a class of degenerate convex minimization problems

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-439

  Carstensen, Carsten ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Adaptive finite element methods; Adaptive mesh refining; Convergence; Convex minimization; Degenerate convex problems; Discrete local efficiency; Discrete residual control; Energy reduction; Error reduction

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

A-POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES; ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; ADAPTIVE MESHES; CONVERGENCE; CONVEX MINIMIZATION; CONVEX PROBLEMS; ENERGY REDUCTION; ERROR REDUCTION; LOCAL EFFICIENCIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 46349091766     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: 14643642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/drm034     Document Type: Article

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