Finite element methods for elliptic equations using nonconforming elements

Mathematics of Computation - Tập 31 Số 137 - Trang 45-59
Garth A. Baker

Tóm tắt

A finite element method is developed for approximating the solution of the Dirichlet problem for the biharmonic operator, as a canonical example of a higher order elliptic boundary value problem. The solution is approximated by special choices of classes of discontinuous functions, piecewise polynomial functions, by virtue of a special variational formulation of the boundary value problem. The approximating functions are not required to satisfy the prescribed boundary conditions. Optimal error estimates are derived in Sobolev spaces.

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