Some estimates for \(h\)-\(p\)-\(k\)-refinement in isogeometric analysis (Q543348)

The article provides error estimates for NURBS with respect to degree, smoothness and stepsize \(h\). One-dimensional splines are considered, as well as the two-dimensional case. The basis of this work is the so-called isogeometric analysis using non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS). The main theorems give explicit estimates for the approximation error with dependence on degree \(p\), smoothness \(k\), and on \(h\). In practice, this isogeometric analysis turns out to be more useful than the classical finite elements approach, especially when partial differential equations are being approximated with complicated geometries.