A posteriori error estimation for arbitrary order FEM applied to singularly perturbed one-dimensional reaction-diffusion problems. (Q464703)

Extending his earlier work [BIT 47, No. 2, 379--391 (2007; Zbl 1221.65175)] on the case \(r=1\), the author establishes an a posteriori bound on the \(\infty\)-norm of the error in an \(r\)th order finite element method (FEM) approximation to the solution, \(u\), of \(-\varepsilon ^2u''+cu=f\) in \((0,1)\), satisfying \(u(0)=u(1)=0\). Here \(c\) and \(f\) are piecewise continuous real-valued functions with \(c\geq \gamma ^2\) where \(\varepsilon(\ll 1)\) and \(\gamma\) are positive constants.