Stabilized mixed methods for the Stokes problem (Q1119099)

The solution of the Stokes problem is approximated by three stabilized mixed methods, one due to \textit{Th. J. R. Hughes}, \textit{M. Balestra}, and \textit{L. P. Franca} [Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 59, 85-99 (1986; Zbl 0622.76077)] and the other two being variants of this procedure. In each case the bilinear form associated with the saddle-point problem of the standard mixed formulation is modified to become coercive over the finite element space. Error estimates are derived for each procedure.