Preface |
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PART I ANALYTICAL RESULTS |
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1 From linear to nonlinear equations, fundamental results |
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3 | (29) |
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3 | (1) |
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1.2 Linear versus nonlinear models |
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3 | (7) |
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1.3 Examples for nonlinear partial differential equations |
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10 | (3) |
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13 | (19) |
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1.4.1 Linear operators and functionals in Banach spaces |
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13 | (5) |
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1.4.2 Inequalities and Lp(Ω) spaces |
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18 | (2) |
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1.4.3 Holder and Sobolev spaces and more |
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20 | (7) |
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1.4.4 Derivatives in Banach spaces |
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27 | (5) |
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2 Elements of analysis for linear and nonlinear partial elliptic differential equations and systems |
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32 | (141) |
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32 | (4) |
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2.2 Linear elliptic differential operators of second order, bilinear forms and solution concepts |
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36 | (9) |
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2.3 Bilinear forms and induced linear operators |
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45 | (9) |
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2.4 Linear elliptic differential operators, Fredholm alternative and regular solutions |
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54 | (23) |
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54 | (4) |
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2.4.2 Linear operators of order 2m with C∞ coefficients |
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58 | (6) |
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2.4.3 Linear operators of order 2 under Cκ conditions |
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64 | (5) |
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2.4.4 Weak elliptic equation of order 2m in Hilbert spaces |
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69 | (8) |
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2.5 Nonlinear elliptic equations |
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77 | (36) |
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77 | (2) |
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2.5.2 Definitions for nonlinear elliptic operators |
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79 | (2) |
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2.5.3 Special semilinear and quasilinear operators |
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81 | (7) |
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2.5.4 Quasilinear elliptic equations of order 2 |
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88 | (8) |
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2.5.5 General nonlinear and Nemyckii operators |
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96 | (4) |
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2.5.6 Divergent quasilinear elliptic equations of order 2m |
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100 | (8) |
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2.5.7 Fully nonlinear elliptic equations of orders 2, m and 2m |
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108 | (5) |
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2.6 Linear and nonlinear elliptic systems |
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113 | (34) |
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113 | (1) |
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2.6.2 General systems of elliptic differential equations |
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114 | (4) |
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2.6.3 Linear elliptic systems of order 2 |
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118 | (7) |
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2.6.4 Quasilinear elliptic systems of order 2 and variational methods |
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125 | (7) |
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2.6.5 Linear elliptic systems of order 2m, m≥ 1 |
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132 | (5) |
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2.6.6 Divergent quasilinear elliptic systems of order 2m |
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137 | (3) |
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2.6.7 Nemyekii operators and quasilinear divergent systems of order 2m |
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140 | (6) |
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2.6.8 Fully nonlinear elliptic systems of orders 2 and 2m |
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146 | (1) |
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2.7 Linearization of nonlinear operators |
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147 | (16) |
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147 | (2) |
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2.7.2 Special semilinear and quasilinear equations |
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149 | (2) |
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2.7.3 Divergent quasilinear and fully nonlinear equations |
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151 | (6) |
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2.7.4 Quasilinear elliptic systems of orders 2 and 2m |
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157 | (1) |
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2.7.5 Linearizing general divergent quasilinear and fully nonlinear systems |
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158 | (5) |
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2.8 The Navier-Stokes equation |
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163 | (10) |
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163 | (1) |
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2.8.2 The Stokes operator and saddle point problems |
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163 | (4) |
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2.8.3 The Navier-Stokes operator and its linearization |
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167 | (6) |
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PART II NUMERICAL METHODS |
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3 A general discretization theory |
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173 | (36) |
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173 | (2) |
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3.2 Petrov-Galerkin and general discretization methods |
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175 | (10) |
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3.3 Variational and classical consistency |
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185 | (4) |
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3.4 Stability and consistency yield convergence |
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189 | (5) |
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3.5 Techniques for proving stability |
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194 | (9) |
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3.6 Stability implies invertibility |
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203 | (2) |
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3.7 Solving nonlinear systems: Continuation and Newton's method based upon the mesh independence principle (MIP) |
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205 | (4) |
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3.7.1 Continuation methods |
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205 | (1) |
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3.7.2 MIP for nonlinear systems |
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206 | (3) |
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4 Conforming finite element methods (FEMs) |
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209 | (87) |
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209 | (3) |
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4.2 Approximation theory for finite elements |
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212 | (45) |
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4.2.1 Subdivisions and finite elements |
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212 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Polynomial finite elements, triangular and rectangular K |
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214 | (7) |
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4.2.3 Interpolation in finite element spaces, an example |
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221 | (8) |
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4.2.4 Interpolation errors and inverse estimates |
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229 | (4) |
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4.2.5 Inverse estimates on nonquasiuniform triangulations |
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233 | (5) |
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4.2.6 Smooth FEs on polyhedral domains, with O. Davydov |
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238 | (12) |
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250 | (7) |
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4.3 FEMs for linear problems |
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257 | (16) |
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4.3.1 Finite element methods: a simple example, essential tools |
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258 | (6) |
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4.3.2 Finite element methods for general linear equations and systems of orders 2 and 2m |
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264 | (2) |
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4.3.3 General convergence theory for conforming FEMs |
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266 | (7) |
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4.4 Finite element methods for divergent quasilinear elliptic equations and systems |
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273 | (4) |
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4.5 General convergence theory for monotone and quasilinear operators |
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277 | (4) |
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4.6 Mixed FEMs for Navier-Stokes and saddle point equations |
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281 | (7) |
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4.6.1 Navier-Stokes and saddle point equations |
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281 | (1) |
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4.6.2 Mixed FEMs for Stokes and saddle point equations |
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282 | (4) |
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4.6.3 Mixed FEMs for the Navier-Stokes operator |
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286 | (2) |
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4.7 Variational methods for eigenvalue problems |
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288 | (8) |
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288 | (1) |
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4.7.2 Theory for eigenvalue problems |
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289 | (3) |
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4.7.3 Different variational methods for eigenvalue problems |
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292 | (4) |
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5 Nonconforming finite element methods |
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296 | (124) |
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296 | (2) |
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5.2 Finite element methods for fully nonlinear elliptic problems |
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298 | (47) |
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298 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Main ideas and results for the new FEM: An extended summary |
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299 | (6) |
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5.2.3 Fully nonlinear and general quasilinear elliptic equations |
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305 | (3) |
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5.2.4 Existence and convergence for semiconforming FEMs |
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308 | (3) |
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5.2.5 Definition of nonconforming FEMs |
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311 | (6) |
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5.2.6 Consistency for nonconforming FEMs |
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317 | (2) |
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5.2.7 Stability for the linearized operator and convergence |
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319 | (13) |
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5.2.8 Discretization of equations and systems of order 2m |
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332 | (4) |
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5.2.9 Consistency, stability and convergence for m, q ≥ 1 |
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336 | (5) |
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5.2.10 Numerical solution of the FE equations with Newton's methods |
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341 | (4) |
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5.3 FE and other methods for nonlinear boundary conditions |
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345 | (1) |
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5.4 Quadrature approximate FEMs |
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346 | (22) |
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346 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Quadrature and cubature formulas |
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348 | (2) |
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5.4.3 Quadrature for second order linear problems |
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350 | (7) |
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5.4.4 Quadrature for second order fully nonlinear equations |
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357 | (4) |
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5.4.5 Quadrature FEMs for equations and systems of order 2m |
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361 | (6) |
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5.4.6 Two useful propositions |
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367 | (1) |
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5.5 Consistency, stability and convergence for FEMs with variational crimes |
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368 | (52) |
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368 | (2) |
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5.5.2 Variational crimes for our standard example |
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370 | (10) |
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5.5.3 FEMs with crimes for linear and quasilinear problems |
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380 | (7) |
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5.5.4 Discrete coercivity and consistency |
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387 | (3) |
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5.5.5 High order quadrature on edges |
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390 | (2) |
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5.5.6 Violated boundary conditions |
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392 | (7) |
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5.5.7 Violated continuity |
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399 | (7) |
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5.5.8 Stability for nonconforming FEMs |
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406 | (5) |
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5.5.9 Convergence, quadrature and solution of FEMs with crimes |
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411 | (3) |
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5.5.10 Isoparametric FEMs |
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414 | (6) |
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6 Adaptive finite element methods |
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420 | (35) |
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420 | (10) |
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421 | (1) |
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421 | (2) |
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6.1.3 A priori error bounds |
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423 | (2) |
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6.1.4 Necessity of nonuniform mesh refinement |
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425 | (1) |
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6.1.5 Optimal meshes - A heuristic argument |
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425 | (2) |
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6.1.6 Optimal meshes for 2D corner singularities |
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427 | (1) |
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6.1.7 The finite element method-Notation and requirements |
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428 | (2) |
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6.2 The residual error estimator for the Poisson problem |
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430 | (19) |
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6.2.1 Upper a posteriori bound |
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430 | (2) |
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6.2.2 Lower a posteriori bound |
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432 | (1) |
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6.2.3 The a posteriori error estimate |
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433 | (1) |
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6.2.4 The adaptive finite element method |
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434 | (2) |
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6.2.5 Stable refinement methods for triangulations in R2 |
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436 | (2) |
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6.2.6 Convergence of the adaptive finite element method |
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438 | (4) |
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442 | (5) |
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6.2.8 Other types of estimators |
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447 | (1) |
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6.2.9 hp finite element method |
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448 | (1) |
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6.3 Estimation of quantities of interest |
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449 | (6) |
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6.3.1 Quantities of interest |
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449 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Error estimates for point errors |
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449 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Optimal meshes-A heuristic argument |
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451 | (1) |
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6.3.4 The general approach |
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451 | (4) |
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7 Discontinuous Galerkin methods (DCGMs) |
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455 | (105) |
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455 | (4) |
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459 | (2) |
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7.3 Discretization of the problem |
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461 | (11) |
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461 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Broken Sobolev spaces |
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462 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Extended variational formulation of the problem |
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463 | (6) |
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469 | (3) |
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7.4 General linear elliptic problems |
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472 | (2) |
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7.5 Semilinear and quasilinear elliptic problem |
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474 | (8) |
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7.5.1 Semilinear elliptic problems |
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474 | (1) |
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7.5.2 Variational formulation and discretization of the problem |
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475 | (2) |
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7.5.3 Quasilinear elliptic systems |
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477 | (1) |
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7.5.4 Discretization of the quasilinear systems |
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478 | (4) |
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7.6 DCGMs are general discretization methods |
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482 | (4) |
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7.7 Geometry of the mesh, error and inverse estimates |
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486 | (5) |
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7.7.1 Geometry of the mesh |
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487 | (1) |
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7.7.2 Inverse and interpolation error estimates |
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487 | (4) |
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7.8 Penalty norms and consistency of the Jσh |
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491 | (3) |
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7.9 Coercive linearized principal parts |
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494 | (9) |
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7.9.1 Coercivity of the original linearized principal parts |
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494 | (1) |
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7.9.2 Coercivity and boundedness in Vh for the Laplacian |
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495 | (4) |
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7.9.3 Coercivity and boundedness in Vh for the general linear and the semilinear case |
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499 | (3) |
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7.9.4 Vh-coercivity and boundedness for quasilinear problems |
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502 | (1) |
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7.10 Consistency results for the ch, bh, lh |
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503 | (4) |
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7.10.1 Consistency of the ch and bh |
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503 | (2) |
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7.10.2 Consistency of the lh |
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505 | (2) |
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7.11 Consistency propeties of the ah |
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507 | (20) |
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7.11.1 Consistency of the ah for the Laplacian |
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507 | (4) |
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7.11.2 Consistency of the ah for general linear problems |
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511 | (3) |
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7.11.3 Consistency of the semilinear ah |
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514 | (4) |
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7.11.4 Consistency of the quasilinear ah for systems |
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518 | (5) |
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7.11.5 Consistency of the quasilinear ah for the equations of Houston, Robson, Suli, and for systems |
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523 | (4) |
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7.12 Convergence for DCGMs |
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527 | (5) |
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7.13 Solving nonlinear equations in DCGMs |
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532 | (6) |
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532 | (1) |
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7.13.2 Discretized linearized quasilinear system and differentiable consistency |
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532 | (6) |
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538 | (8) |
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7.14.1 hp-finite element spaces |
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539 | (1) |
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540 | (1) |
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7.14.3 hp-inverse and approximation error estimates |
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540 | (2) |
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7.14.4 Consistency and convergence of hp-DCGMs |
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542 | (4) |
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7.15 Numerical experiences |
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546 | (14) |
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7.15.1 Scalar quasilinear equation |
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546 | (8) |
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7.15.2 System of the steady compressible Navier-Stokes equations |
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554 | (6) |
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8 Finite difference methods |
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560 | (75) |
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560 | (2) |
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8.2 Difference methods for simple examples, notation |
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562 | (4) |
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8.3 Discrete Sobolev spaces |
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566 | (6) |
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8.3.1 Notation and definitions |
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566 | (3) |
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8.3.2 Discrete Sobolev spaces |
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569 | (3) |
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8.4 General elliptic problems with Dirichlet conditions, and their differnce methods |
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572 | (16) |
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8.4.1 General elliptic problems |
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572 | (2) |
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8.4.2 Second order linear elliptic difference equations |
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574 | (7) |
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8.4.3 Symmetric difference methods |
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581 | (2) |
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8.4.4 Linear equations of order 2m |
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583 | (1) |
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8.4.5 Quasilinear elliptic equations of orders 2, and 2m |
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584 | (2) |
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8.4.6 Systems of linear and quasilinear elliptic equations |
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586 | (1) |
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8.4.7 Fully nonlinear elliptic equations and systems |
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587 | (1) |
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8.5 Convergence for difference methods |
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588 | (22) |
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8.5.1 Discretization concepts in discrete Sobolev spaces |
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589 | (2) |
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8.5.2 The operators Ph, Q'h |
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591 | (3) |
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8.5.3 Consistency for difference equations |
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594 | (6) |
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8.5.4 Vhb-coercivity for linear(ized) elliptic difference equations |
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600 | (4) |
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8.5.5 Stability and convergence for general elliptic differece equations |
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604 | (6) |
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8.6 Natural boundary value problems of order 2 |
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610 | (12) |
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8.6.1 Analysis for natural boundary value problems |
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611 | (2) |
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8.6.2 Difference methods for natural boundary value problems |
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613 | (9) |
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8.7 Other difference methods on curved boundaries |
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622 | (4) |
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8.7.1 The Shortley-Weller-Collatz method for linear equations |
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623 | (3) |
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8.8 Asymptotic expansions, extrapolation, and defect corrections |
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626 | (7) |
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8.8.1 A difference method based on polynomial interpolation for linear, and semilinear equations |
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627 | (3) |
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8.8.2 Asymptotic expansions for other methods |
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630 | (3) |
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8.9 Numerical experiments for the von Karman equations |
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633 | (2) |
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9 Variational methods for wavelets |
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635 | (51) |
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635 | (2) |
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9.2 The scope of problems |
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637 | (2) |
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639 | (14) |
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9.3.1 The discrete wavelet transform |
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640 | (4) |
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644 | (2) |
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9.3.3 Wavelets and function spaces |
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646 | (1) |
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9.3.4 Wavelets on domains |
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647 | (5) |
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9.3.5 Evaluation of nonlinear functionals |
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652 | (1) |
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9.4 Stable discretizations and preconditioning |
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653 | (6) |
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9.5 Applications to elliptic equations |
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659 | (5) |
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9.6 Saddle point and (Navier-)Stokes equations |
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664 | (5) |
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9.6.1 Saddle point equations |
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664 | (2) |
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9.6.2 Navier-Stokes equations |
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666 | (3) |
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9.7 Adaptive wavelet methods |
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669 | (17) |
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9.7.1 Nonlinear approximation with wavelet systems |
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672 | (3) |
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9.7.2 Wavelet matrix compression |
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675 | (3) |
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9.7.3 Adaptive wavelet Galerkin methods |
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678 | (2) |
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9.7.4 Adaptive descent iterations |
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680 | (3) |
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9.7.5 Nonlinear stationary problems |
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683 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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