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Mixed Finite Elements, Compatibility Conditions, and Applications

Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, June 26 - July 1, 2006

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 1939)

Part of the book sub series: C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries (LNMCIME)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Mixed Finite Element Methods

    • Ricardo G. Durán
    Pages 1-44
  3. Finite Elements for the Stokes Problem

    • Daniele Boffi, Franco Brezzi, Michel Fortin
    Pages 45-100
  4. Finite Element Methods for Linear Elasticity

    • Richard S. Falk
    Pages 159-194
  5. Finite Elements for the Reissner–Mindlin Plate

    • Richard S. Falk
    Pages 195-232
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 233-235

About this book

Since the early 70's, mixed finite elements have been the object of a wide and deep study by the mathematical and engineering communities. The fundamental role of this method for many application fields has been worldwide recognized and its use has been introduced in several commercial codes. An important feature of mixed finite elements is the interplay between theory and application. Discretization spaces for mixed schemes require suitable compatibilities, so that simple minded approximations generally do not work and the design of appropriate stabilizations gives rise to challenging mathematical problems.

This volume collects the lecture notes of a C.I.M.E. course held in Summer 2006, when some of the most world recognized experts in the field reviewed the rigorous setting of mixed finite elements and revisited it after more than 30 years of practice. Applications, in this volume, range from traditional ones, like fluid-dynamics or elasticity, to more recent and active fields, like electromagnetism.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Matematica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy

    Lucia Gastaldi, Daniele Boffi

  • Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori, Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche del C.N.R, 27100, Italy

    Franco Brezzi

  • Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, USA

    Leszek F. Demkowicz

  • Departamento de Matemática, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina

    Ricardo G. Durán

  • Department of Mathematics, The State University of New Jersey, 08854-801, Piscataway, USA

    Richard S. Falk

  • Département de mathématiques et de statistique, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon Université Laval, Québec, Canada

    Michel Fortin

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