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A posteriori error estimators for the Stokes equations. (English) Zbl 0674.65092

The paper deals with an error analysis for the Stokes equation. Two methods are discussed, the first one based on a suitable evaluation of the residual of the finite element solution, and the second one based on solution of the local Stokes problem involving the residual of the finite element solution. Numerical examples show the efficiency of both methods for estimation of the error and for controlling self-adaptive mesh refinement process.
Reviewer: D.Fagé

MSC:

65Z05 Applications to the sciences
65N15 Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs
65N30 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
35Q30 Navier-Stokes equations
76D05 Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids
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