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Finite elements on locally uniform meshes for convection–diffusion problems with boundary layers

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The layer-adapted meshes used to achieve robust convergence results for problems with layers are not locally uniform. We discuss concepts of almost robust convergence and some realizations of locally-uniform meshes.

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  1. Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Hans-Görg Roos & Martin Schopf

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This paper was written during a stay of the first author at the Charles University in Prague supported by the Nečas Center for Mathematical Modeling.

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Roos, HG., Schopf, M. Finite elements on locally uniform meshes for convection–diffusion problems with boundary layers. Computing 92, 285–296 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-011-0144-1

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