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This paper deals with a class of elliptic differential eigenvalue problems (EVPs) of second order on a rectangular domain Ω⊂ℝ2, with periodic or semi-periodic boundary conditions (BCs) on two adjacent sides of Ω. On the remaining sides, classical Dirichlet or Robin type BCs are imposed. First, we pass to a proper variational formulation, which is shown to fit into the framework of abstract EVPs for strongly coercive, bounded and symmetric bilinear forms in Hilbert spaces. Next, the variational EVP serves as the starting point for finite element approximations. We consider finite element methods (FEMs) without and with numerical quadrature, both with triangular and with rectangular meshes. The aim of the paper is to show that well-known error estimates, established for finite element approximations of elliptic EVPs with classical BCs, remain valid for the present type of EVPs, including the case of multiple exact eigenvalues. Finally, the analysis is illustrated by a non-trivial numerical example, the exact eigenpairs of which can be determined.
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Received March 2, 1999; revised July 8, 1999
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De Schepper, H. Finite Element Methods for Eigenvalue Problems on a Rectangle with (Semi-) Periodic Boundary Conditions on a Pair of Adjacent Sides. Computing 64, 191–206 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s006070050043
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s006070050043