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In this paper, we propose an algorithm to derive nodal methods corresponding to various two and three-dimensional nonconforming and mixed finite elements. We show that this algorithm can be used to obtain several classical schemes as well as some more recently developed schemes, and that it leads to a simple proof of unisolvence for these methods. Finally we use our method to obtain a three dimensional nodal scheme of BDM type.
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Hennart, JP., Jaffre, J. & Roberts, J.E. A constructive method for deriving finite elements of nodal type. Numer. Math. 53, 701–738 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01397137
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