A remark on least-squares mixed element methods for reaction-diffusion problems (Q875365)

The authors propose a least-squares mixed element procedure for a reaction-diffusion problem based on a first-order system. By selecting the least-squares functional properly, the resulting procedure can be split into two independent symmetric positive definite schemes, one of which is for the unknown flux variable, which led to the optimal order \(H^{1}(\Omega)\) and \(L^{2}(\Omega)\) norm error estimates for the primal unknown and optimal \( H(\text{div};\Omega )\) norm error estimate for the unknown flux. Numerical examples are also provided.