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A paper which purports to make a comparison between finite difference and finite element methods is doomed to be met with much criticism. The reason for this inevitable fate is that a study such as this must contain a high degree of subjectivity which many readers will have cause to disagree with. Issues such as ulterior motives of the author, the proficiency of a computer programmer, the blurring of features which distinguish finite element from finite difference methods and the reader’s own biases or preferences make presentation of a satisfactorily complete and inoffensive comparison of these two numerical techniques virtually impossible.
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Gray, W.G. (1984). Comparison of Finite Difference and Finite Element Methods. In: Bear, J., Corapcioglu, M.Y. (eds) Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media. NATO ASI Series, vol 82. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6175-3_18
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