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J. Korean Math. Soc. 2002; 39(3): 363-376

Printed May 1, 2002

Copyright © The Korean Mathematical Society.

Stable low order nonconforming quadrilateral finite elements for the Stokes problem

Yongdeok Kim and Seki Kim

KAIST and SungKyunKwan University

Abstract

Stability result is obtained for the approximation of the stationary Stokes problem with nonconforming elements proposed by Douglas et al. [1] for the velocity and discontinuous piecewise constants for the pressure on quadrilateral elements. Optimal order $H^1$ and $L^2$ error estimates are derived.

Keywords: stability, quadrilateral element, Stokes problem

MSC numbers: 65N15, 65N30