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In this note the studies begun in Blum and Suttmeier (1999) on adaptive finite element discretisations for nonlinear problems described by variational inequalities are continued. Similar to the concept proposed, e.g., in Becker and Rannacher (1996) for variational equalities, weighted a posteriori estimates for controlling arbitrary functionals of the discretisation error are constructed by using a duality argument. Numerical results for the obstacle problem demonstrate the derived error bounds to be reliable and, used for an adaptive grid refinement strategy, to produce economical meshes.
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Received September 6, 1999; revised February 8, 2000
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Blum, H., Suttmeier, FT. Weighted Error Estimates for Finite Element Solutions of Variational Inequalities. Computing 65, 119–134 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s006070070015
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