Title
Error estimates for Raviart-Thomas interpolation of any order on anisotropic tetrahedra
Abstract
We prove optimal order error estimates for the Raviart-Thomas interpolation of arbitrary order under the maximum angle condition for triangles and under two generalizations of this condition, namely, the so-called three-dimensional maximum angle condition and the regular vertex property, for tetrahedra. Our techniques are different from those used in previous papers on the subject, and the results obtained are more general in several aspects. First, intermediate regularity is allowed; that is, for the Raviart-Thomas interpolation of degree k >= 0, we prove error estimates of order j + 1 when the vector field being approximated has components in W-j+1,W-p, for triangles or tetrahedra, where 0 <= j <= k and 1 <= p <= infinity. These results are new even in the two-dimensional case. Indeed, the estimate was known only in the case j = k. On the other hand, in the three-dimensional case, results under the maximum angle condition were known only for k = 0.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1090/S0025-5718-2010-02406-8
MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
Mixed finite elements,Raviart-Thomas,anisotropic finite elements
Angle condition,Combinatorics,Vertex (geometry),Vector field,Generalization,Interpolation,Optimal estimation,Numerical analysis,Tetrahedron,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
80
273
0025-5718
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.47
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gabriel Acosta16111.86
T. Apel210716.96
R. G. Durán39821.57
Ariel L. Lombardi4133.40