Suboptimal and Optimal Convergence in Mixed Finite Element Methods

DOI10.1137/S0036142900376900zbMath1013.65118MaRDI QIDQ4539400

Alan Demlow

Publication date: 8 July 2002

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

comparison of methods; error estimates; mixed finite element methods; second-order elliptic equation; Raviart-Thomas elements; optimal convergence; Brezzi-Douglas-Marini elements; suboptimal convergence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35J25: Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations

65N12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N30: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

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