Interpolation error estimates of a modified 8-node serendipity finite element (Q1572939)

Keeping the same objectives than the classical 8-node serendipity rectangle, the modified 8-node serendipity element is constructed upon a general straight side quadrilateral and it can degenerate to a triangle. The goal of this paper is to prove some error estimates for such an element in both regular and degenerate cases. Moreover, even in degenerate and nearly degenerate cases, it is proved the same order of accuracy in some Sobolev semi-norms as in the regular case. Only the theoretical studies are nicely detailed in this paper; numerical experiments are promised in a forthcoming paper.