\(L^ 2\) estimates for the finite element method for the Dirichlet problem with singular data (Q2266576)

We consider the approximation by the finite element method of second order elliptic problems on convex domains and with homogeneous Dirichlet condition on the boundary. In these problems the data are Borel measures. Using a quasiuniform mesh of finite elements and polynomials of degree \(\leq 1\), we prove that in two dimensions the convergence is of order h in \(L^ 2\) and in three dimensions of order \(h^{1/2}\).