Hierarchical error estimates for the energy functional in obstacle problems

Numerische Mathematik

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-677

  Zou, Qingsong ^a   Veeser, Andreas ^a   Kornhuber, Ralf ^a   Gräser, Carsten ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 79952573751     PISSN: 0029599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00211-011-0364-5     Document Type: Article

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