Lower estimates for the error of approximation of derivatives for composite finite elements with smoothness property (Q2516591)

Let \( f \in W^{n+1}M\) be the set of functions which are continuous along with all their partial derivatives up to order \(n+1\), on a domain \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2\) and are absolutely bounded by \(M\). Upper estimates for the value of approximation of an interpolating function \(f \in W^{n+1}M \) and its derivatives under sufficiently general conditions on a finite element \(T \subset \mathbb{R}^m \) are known [\textit{P. G. Ciarlet} and \textit{P. A. Raviart}, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 46, 177--199 (1972; Zbl 0243.41004)]. For a large number of methods of choosing local interpolation conditions on a finite element, for constructing a pp function with smoothness 1 or higher, the negative effect of the smallest angle of the triangle on the error of approximation of derivatives of a function by derivatives of the interpolation polynomial is essential for derivatives of order 2 and higher [\textit{N. V. Baidakova}, Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 277, S33-S47 (2012;Zbl 1298.41001); translation from Tr. Inst. Mat. Mekh. (Ekaterinburg) 17, No. 3, 83--97 (2011)]. The author proves a similar result for subclasses of composite finite elements.