The finite element method in anisotropic Sobolev spaces (Q1767895)

The paper deals with various aspects of the theory and implementation of finite element methods for the following elliptic boundary value problem \[ Au = f, \text{ in } \Omega \] \[ B_ju = g_j, \text{ on } \partial \Omega \] and \(A\) is the following partial differential operator \[ Au = (-1)^mD_x^m(a(x)D_x^mu) + (-1)^nD_y^n(b(y)D_y^nu), \] \(m \neq n\). The authors study the associated variational problem and present basic convergence results for the Galerkin approximation. The results obtained are applied to the Onsager pancake equation.