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Nonconforming finite element methods. (English) Zbl 1013.65121

Summary: Some interesting and important nonconforming finite elements for the second- and fourth-order elliptic problems are briefly described and analyzed.

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65N30 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
35J40 Boundary value problems for higher-order elliptic equations
35J25 Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations
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