A sparse finite element method with high accuracy. I (Q5944046)

The authors develop and analyze a new finite element method for second-order elliptic problems. They use rectangular finite elements with \(Q_p= \text{span}\{x^i y^i: 0\leq i,j\leq p\}\) bases, two-level grids and global superconvergence theory. Combination of these different approaches leads to much fewer degrees of freedom without loss of accuracy on rectangular domains. The paper includes all mathematical justifications but, unfortunately, it does not report any numerical experiments. It is worth to mention that the authors plan to extend their studies to more general second-order elliptic equations on more general domains using different kinds of meshes.