Optimal meshes for finite elements of arbitrary order (Q5962346)

Given a function \(f\) on a bounded domain \(\Omega \subset \mathbb R^2,\) the interpolation by finite elements with piecewise polynomials of degree \(m-1\) is studied. Specifically, there is the interest in minimizing the \(L_p\) error by optimizing the mesh such that a (nearly) minimal \(L_p\) norm of the interpolation error is achieved. To this, end the interpolation of homogeneous polynomials of degree \(m\) is studied. The results refer to the interpolation problem, while the optimization of the meshes for the solution of elliptic differential equations is governed by a different analysis.