Numerical analysis of a finite element scheme for the approximation of harmonic maps into surfaces

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 79, Issue 271, 2010, Pages 1263-1301

  Bartels, Sören ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 77956568868     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-09-02300-X     Document Type: Article

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