Optimal estimates for lower and upper bounds of approximation errors in the \(p\)-version of the finite element method in two dimensions
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Optimal estimates for lower and upper bounds of approximation errors in the \(p\)-version of the finite element method in two dimensions
zbMATH Open document ID: 0970.65117
published in: Numerische Mathematik
publication date: 2000-06-05T00:00:00Z
review text: To increase the accuracy of finite element approximations, we can refine the mesh (\(h\)-version), increase the element degree \(p\) (\(p\)-version), or combine both methods (\(h\)-\(p\)-version). The \(p\)-version converges in the energy norm at least as fast as the \(h\)-version for the approximation of regular problems and it is more performant than the \(h\)-version when singularities occur, for instance of \(r^\gamma\)-type near vertices of nonsmooth domains. This paper, by eminent specialists of such problems, introduces the best mathematical tool for the \(p\)-version in two and three dimensions, i.e., the weigthed Besov spaces with Jacobi weights. Then, by using these spaces, they characterize the singularity of the solution of problems on nonsmooth domains, they precisely estimate the lower and upper bounds of the approximation error and they establish optimal convergence of the \(p\)-version, mainly in two dimensions.
reviewed by: Michel Bernadou
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65N15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65N30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65N12
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35J25
zbMATH DE Number: 1455842
zbMATH Keywords: finite element method
zbMATH Keywords: \(p\)-version
zbMATH Keywords: error estimates
zbMATH Keywords: nonsmooth domains
zbMATH Keywords: weigthed Besov spaces
zbMATH Keywords: convergence
author: Ivo Babuška
author: Benqi Guo
MaRDI profile type: Publication
DOI: 10.1007/S002110000130
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1455842