A posteriori error estimators of gradient recovery type for elliptic obstacle problems (Q5959282)

For the elliptic obstacle problem a posteriori error estimates of the gradient recovery type are suggested. Such estimates provide both lower and upper error bounds. The devepoled bound is shown to be equivalent to the discretization in an energy type norm for general meshes. It is also proved that if the solution is smooth and the mesh is uniform, then the solution is asymptotically exact. Some numerical results demonstrating the presented theory are also referred.