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Logarithm cannot be removed in maximum norm error estimates for linear finite elements in 3D

Numerical Analysis 2018-10-24 v3

Abstract

For linear finite element discretizations of the Laplace equation in three dimensions, we give an example of a tetrahedral mesh in the cubic domain for which the logarithmic factor cannot be removed from the standard upper bounds on the error in the maximum norm.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1710.03262,
  title  = {Logarithm cannot be removed in maximum norm error estimates for linear finite elements in 3D},
  author = {Natalia Kopteva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.03262},
  year   = {2018}
}
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