Convergence of the difference scheme of the finite element method for the Poisson equation in the metric \(L_ p\) (Q760195)

The convergence analysis is performed by means of finite-difference techniques: An a priori bound (in discrete \(L_ p\)-norm) of the solution error by the residuum of the difference equation is found. As a consequence, error estimates of the types O(h) and \(O(h^ 2)\), respectively, are derived assuming regularities \(W^{1,p}(p>2)\) and \(W^{2,p}(p>1)\) of the exact solution.