The sharpness condition for constructing a finite element from a superspline

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The finite element method and the spline method are two closely related methods using piecewise polynomials to approximate the target function. In the finite element method, first the local shape function space is constructed and the corresponding degrees of freedom. The spline method starts with a global piecewise polynomial space, on which some inter-element continuity conditions are imposed. The paper sheds light on the distinction and connection between finite elements and splines by characterizing the sufficient and necessary condition for a superspline space to be a global finite element space. The key idea is the concept of extendability. By examining the extendability condition for the pre-element of both types of spaces, the conditions are determined regarding the construction



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