An a posteriori error estimator for hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for computing band gaps in photonic crystals

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 236, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4810-4826

  Giani, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Eigenvalue problem; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

2-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; A-POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES; DISCONTINUOUS FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; DISCRETE SPECTRUM; EIGEN-VALUE; EIGENSPACES; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; EIGENVALUES; ERROR ESTIMATORS; HERMITIANS; POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATOR; QUASIMOMENTUM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 84863985376     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2012.02.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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