Convergence analysis of the high-order mimetic finite difference method

Numerische Mathematik

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-356

  da Veiga, L Beirão ^a   Lipnikov, K ^b   Manzini, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 71549140062     PISSN: 0029599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00211-009-0234-6     Document Type: Article

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