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In this paper we study the finite element approximations to the parabolic and hyperbolic integrodifferential equations and present an immediate analysis for global superconvergence for these problems, without using the Ritz projection or its modified forms.
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Lin, Q., Zhang, S. An immediate analysis for global superconvergence for integrodifferential equations. Applications of Mathematics 42, 1–21 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022264125558
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