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A $C^0$ linear finite element method for sixth order elliptic equations

Numerical Analysis 2018-04-17 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a straightforward C0C^0 linear finite element method for sixth-order elliptic equations. The basic idea is to use gradient recovery techniques to generate higher-order numerical derivatives from a C0C^0 linear finite element function. Both theoretical analysis and numerical experiments show that the proposed method has the optimal convergence rate under the energy norm. The method avoids complicated construction of conforming C2C^2 finite element basis or nonconforming penalty terms and has a low computational cost.

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@article{arxiv.1804.03793,
  title  = {A $C^0$ linear finite element method for sixth order elliptic equations},
  author = {Hailong Guo and Zhimin Zhang and Qingsong Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.03793},
  year   = {2018}
}
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