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A Simple Introduction to the Mixed Finite Element Method

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In this chapter we present the main results forming part of the Babuška–Brezzi theory, which makes it possible to analyze a large family of mixed variational formulations and their respective Galerkin approximations. Our main references here include [16, 41, 50, 52]. We begin by introducing the specific kind of operator equations that we are interested in.

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Gatica, G.N. (2014). Babuška–Brezzi Theory. In: A Simple Introduction to the Mixed Finite Element Method. SpringerBriefs in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03695-3_2

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