The Scott-Vogelius finite elements revisited

Guzmán, Johnny; Scott, L.

doi:10.1090/mcom/3346

The Scott-Vogelius finite elements revisited
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Math. Comp. 88 (2019), 515-529 Request permission

Abstract:

We prove that the Scott-Vogelius finite elements are inf-sup stable on shape-regular meshes for piecewise quartic velocity fields and higher ($k \ge 4$).

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