We construct new families of
It is well known that convergence rate of finite element approximation is suboptimal in the
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10461498
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 0749-159X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 1497-1508
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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