Determination of the Babuska-Aziz constant for the linear triangular finite element (Q2493489)

The authors explicitly determine the Babuska-Aziz constant, which plays an essential role in the interpolation error estimation of linear triangular finite elements. The equation for determination is the transcendental equation: \(t + \tan (t) =0\), so that the solution can be obtained numerically with a desired accuracy and verification. Such highly accurate approximation values for the constant can be widely used for a priori and a posteriori error estimations in adaptative computation and/or numerical verification.