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On Conforming Tetrahedralisations of Prismatic Partitions

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Differential and Difference Equations with Applications

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We present an algorithm for conform (face-to-face) subdividing prismatic partitions into tetrahedra. This algorithm can be used in the finite element calculations and analysis.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Grant MTM2011-24766 of the MICINN, Spain, and the Grant no. IAA 100190803 of the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The authors are indebted to A. and Z. Horváth for fruitful discussions.

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  1. BCAM – Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Alameda de Mazarredo 14, E-48009 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

    Sergey Korotov

  2. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, E–48011, Bilbao, Spain

    Sergey Korotov

  3. Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Sciences, Žitná 25, CZ–115 67, Prague 1, Czech Republic

    Michal Křížek

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Correspondence to Sergey Korotov .

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  1. Departamento de Ciências Exactas e Naturais, Academia Militar, Amadora, Portugal

    Sandra Pinelas

  2. University of Zürich Institute of Mathematics, Zürich, Switzerland

    Michel Chipot

  3. Masaryk University Dept. Mathematics, Brno, Czech Republic

    Zuzana Dosla

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Korotov, S., Křížek, M. (2013). On Conforming Tetrahedralisations of Prismatic Partitions. In: Pinelas, S., Chipot, M., Dosla, Z. (eds) Differential and Difference Equations with Applications. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 47. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7333-6_5

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