On finite element methods for fully nonlinear elliptic equations of second order

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1212-1249

  Böhmer, Klaus ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C1 finite elements; Conforming; Convergence; Fully nonlinear elliptic differential equations; Nonconforming finite element method; Order 2; Quasi linear elliptic equations not in divergence form; Rn; Stability; Variational crimes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

C1 FINITE ELEMENTS; CONFORMING; CONVERGENCE; FULLY NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ORDER 2; QUASI-LINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS NOT IN DIVERGENCE FORM; RN; VARIATIONAL CRIMES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 55349084784     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/040621740     Document Type: Article

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