A basic convergence result for conforming adaptive finite element methods

We consider the approximate solution with adaptive finite elements of a class of linear boundary value problems, which includes problems of "saddle point" type. For the adaptive algorithm we assume the following framework: refinement relies on unique quasi-regular element subdivisions and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Morin, Pedro, Siebert, Kunibert G., Veeser, Andreas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/84102
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/84102
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adaptivity
Conforming Finite Elements
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:We consider the approximate solution with adaptive finite elements of a class of linear boundary value problems, which includes problems of "saddle point" type. For the adaptive algorithm we assume the following framework: refinement relies on unique quasi-regular element subdivisions and generates locally quasi-uniform grids, the finite element spaces are conforming, nested, and satisfy the infsup conditions, the error estimator is reliable as well as locally and discretely efficient, and marked elements are subdivided at least once. Under these assumptions, we give a sufficient and essentially necessary condition on marking for the convergence of the finite element solutions to the exact one. This condition is not only satisfied by Dörfler's strategy, but also by the maximum strategy and the equidistribution strategy.