From finite differences to finite elements. A short history of numerical analysis of partial differential equations

DOI10.1016/S0377-0427(00)00507-0zbMath0977.65001MaRDI QIDQ5931470

Vidar Thomée

Publication date: 3 January 2002

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

stability; finite elements; history; error bounds; finite difference methods; boundary element methods; collocation; elliptic partial differential equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65N35: Spectral, collocation and related methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

35J25: Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

65N15: Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N30: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N06: Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N38: Boundary element methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65-03: History of numerical analysis