Least-Squares Finite Element Methods

1. Front Matter

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2. Survey of Variational Principles and Associated Finite Element Methods.

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   2. Classical Variational Methods

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

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   3. Alternative Variational Formulations

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

      Pages 1-31

3. Abstract Theory of Least-Squares Finite Element Methods

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   2. Mathematical Foundations of Least-Squares Finite Element Methods

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

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   3. The Agmon–Douglis–Nirenberg Setting for Least-Squares Finite Element Methods

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

      Pages 1-28

4. Least-Squares Finite Element Methods for Elliptic Problems

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   2. Scalar Elliptic Equations

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

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   3. Vector Elliptic Equations

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

      Pages 1-40

   4. The Stokes Equations

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

      Pages 1-72

5. Least-Squares Finite Element Methods for Other Settings

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Navier–Stokes Equations

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

      Pages 1-55

   3. Parabolic Partial Differential Equations

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

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   4. Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

      Pages 1-26

   5. Control and Optimization Problems

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

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   6. Variations on Least-Squares Finite Element Methods

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

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6. Supplementary Material

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   2. Analysis Tools

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

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   3. Compatible Finite Element Spaces

      • Pavel B. Bochev, Max D. Gunzburger

      Pages 1-32

Since their emergence in the early 1950s, ?nite element methods have become one of the most versatile and powerful methodologies for the approximate numerical solution of partial differential equations. At the time of their inception, ?nite e- ment methods were viewed primarily as a tool for solving problems in structural analysis. However, it did not take long to discover that ?nite element methods could be applied with equal success to problems in other engineering and scienti?c ?elds. Today, ?nite element methods are also in common use, and indeed are often the method of choice, for incompressible ?uid ?ow, heat transfer, electromagnetics, and advection-diffusion-reaction problems, just to name a few. Given the early conn- tion between ?nite element methods and problems engendered by energy minimi- tion principles, it is not surprising that the ?rst mathematical analyses of ?nite e- ment methods were given in the environment of the classical Rayleigh–Ritz setting. Yet again, using the fertile soil provided by functional analysis in Hilbert spaces, it did not take long for the rigorous analysis of ?nite element methods to be extended to many other settings. Today, ?nite element methods are unsurpassed with respect to their level of theoretical maturity.

• Analysis
• Bochev
• Elements
• Finite
• Least-Squares
• finite element method
• hyperbolic partial differential equation
• linear optimization
• operator
• optimization

From the reviews: “In the book under review, the authors give a unified and comprehensive treatment of least-squares finite element methods and discuss important implementation issues that are critical to their success in practice. … This book is valuable both for researchers and practitioners working in least-squares finite element methods. … In addition, others will find it a great reference for learning about the theory and implementation of the least-squares finite element methods.” (Tsu-Fen Chen, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 b)

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