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Korn's inequalities for piecewise $H^1$ vector fields

Author(s): Susanne C. Brenner.
Journal: Math. Comp. 73 (2004), 1067-1087.
MSC (2000): Primary 65N30, 74S05
Posted: September 26, 2003
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Abstract: Korn's inequalities for piecewise $H^1$ vector fields are established. They can be applied to classical nonconforming finite element methods, mortar methods and discontinuous Galerkin methods.


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Additional Information:

Susanne C. Brenner
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Email: brenner@math.sc.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-03-01579-5
PII: S 0025-5718(03)01579-5
Keywords: Korn's inequalities, piecewise $H^1$ vector fields, nonconforming finite elements, mortar methods, discontinuous Galerkin methods
Received by editor(s): March 19, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 14, 2002
Posted: September 26, 2003
Additional Notes: This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMS-00-74246.
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society


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