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In this paper, we develop and analyze a new finite element method called the sparse finite element method for second order elliptic problems. This method involves much fewer degrees of freedom than the standard finite element method. We show nevertheless that such a sparse finite element method still possesses the superconvergence and other high accuracy properties same as those of the standard finite element method. The main technique in our analysis is the use of some integral identities.
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Received October 1, 1995 / Revised version received August 23, 1999 / Published online February 5, 2001
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Lin, Q., Yan, N. & Zhou, A. A sparse finite element method with high accuracy Part I. Numer. Math. 88, 731–742 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00005456
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00005456