The Dependence of Critical Parameter Bounds on the Monotonicity of a Newton Sequence.
We prove the discrete compactness property of the edge elements of any order on a class of anisotropically refined meshes on polyhedral domains. The meshes, made up of tetrahedra, have been introduced in [Th. Apel and S. Nicaise, Math. Meth. Appl. Sci. 21 (1998) 519–549]. They are appropriately graded near singular corners and edges of the polyhedron.
We prove the discrete compactness property of the edge elements of any order on a class of anisotropically refined meshes on polyhedral domains. The meshes, made up of tetrahedra, have been introduced in [Th. Apel and S. Nicaise, Math. Meth. Appl. Sci. 21 (1998) 519–549]. They are appropriately graded near singular corners and edges of the polyhedron.
This paper provides an equivalent characterization of the discrete maximum principle for Galerkin solutions of general linear elliptic problems. The characterization is formulated in terms of the discrete Green’s function and the elliptic projection of the boundary data. This general concept is applied to the analysis of the discrete maximum principle for the higher-order finite elements in one-dimension and to the lowest-order finite elements on simplices of arbitrary dimension. The paper surveys...
In this paper we analyze the effect of introducing a numerical integration in the piecewise linear finite element approximation of the Steklov eigenvalue problem. We obtain optimal order error estimates for the eigenfunctions when this numerical integration is used and we prove that, for singular eigenfunctions, the eigenvalues obtained using this reduced integration are better approximations than those obtained using exact integration when the mesh size is small enough.
In this paper we analyze the effect of introducing a numerical integration in the piecewise linear finite element approximation of the Steklov eigenvalue problem. We obtain optimal order error estimates for the eigenfunctions when this numerical integration is used and we prove that, for singular eigenfunctions, the eigenvalues obtained using this reduced integration are better approximations than those obtained using exact integration when the mesh size is small enough.
Existence and uniqueness theorem is established for a variational problem including Biot's model of consolidation of clay. The proof of existence is constructive and uses the compactness method. Error estimates for the approximate solution obtained by a method combining finite elements and Euler's backward method are given.
In contradistinction to former results, the error bounds introduced in this paper are given for fully discretized approximate soltuions of parabolic equations and for arbitrary curved domains. Simplicial isoparametric elements in -dimensional space are applied. Degrees of accuracy of quadrature formulas are determined so that numerical integration does not worsen the optimal order of convergence in -norm of the method.