BIT Numerical Mathematics

, Volume 46, Issue 2, pp 249–260 | Cite as

Estimates for the L2-Projection onto Continuous Finite Element Spaces in a Weighted L p -Norm

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Abstract

We consider the orthogonal L2-projection P onto continuous finite element spaces. We prove estimates for P in a weighted L p -norm and use these to prove corresponding approximation properties.

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L2-projection weighted Lp-norm linear finite element space 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of MathematicsChalmers University of Technology and Göteborg UniversityGöteborgSweden

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