Poincaré-Friedrichs inequalities of complexes of discrete distributional differential forms (Q2185869)

Differential complexes of distributional finite element spaces were introduced in [\textit{D. Braess} and \textit{J. Schöberl}, Math. Comput. 77, No. 262, 651--672 (2008; Zbl 1135.65041)]. Their idea was studied in the language of differential forms and integrated into the framework of finite element exterior calculus. In finite element exterior calculus differential complexes are taken as piecewise polynomial differential forms such as Whitney forms. Generalizing the ideas of Braess and Schöberl, the authors consider the distributional finite element de Rham complex and establish analogous Poincaré-Friedrichs inequalities for complexes of discrete distributional differential forms. Poincaré-Friedrichs inequalities are derived for the horizontal and vertical differential operators and for complexes of simplicial chains. Furthermore, Poincaré-Friedrichs-type inequalities are analyzed for complexes of discrete distributional differential forms.