Application for Superconvergence of Finite Element Approximations for the Elliptic Problem by Global and Local L²-Projection Methods

Rabeea H. Jari, Lin Mu

Department of Applied Science, UALR, Little Rock, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/ajcm.2012.24034                

Abstract

Numerical experiments are given to verify the theoretical results for superconvergence of the elliptic problem by global and local L²-Projection methods.

Keywords

Finite Element Methods; Superconvergence; L²-Projection; Elliptic Problem

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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