Primal hybrid finite element methods for 2nd order elliptic equations

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1 January 1977

journal article
Published by American Mathematical Society (AMS) in Mathematics of Computation

Vol. 31 (138) , 391-413
https://doi.org/10.1090/s0025-5718-1977-0431752-8

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the construction of finite element methods for 2nd order elliptic equations based on a primal hybrid variational principle. Optimal error bounds are proved. As a corollary, we obtain a general analysis of nonconforming finite element methods.

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