Spectral Tau approximation of the two-dimensional Stokes problem (Q1094235)

We analyze the spectral-Tau method for the approximation of the Stokes system on a square. We precise which are the spurious modes for the discrete pressure and we prove an inf-sup condition. We provide an error estimate in the norm of the Sobolev spaces \(H^ s\), for the approximation of a divergence free vector field with polynomial divergence free vector fields. We apply these results to prove some convergence estimates for the solution of the discrete Stokes problem.