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Keywords:
post-processing; averaged gradient; Galerkin method; system; finite elements; superconvergence; global estimate; elliptic systems
Summary:
Second order elliptic systems with Dirichlet boundary conditions are solved by means of affine finite elements on regular uniform triangulations. A simple averagign scheme is proposed, which implies a superconvergence of the gradient. For domains with enough smooth boundary, a global estimate $O(h^{3/2})$ is proved in the $L^2$-norm. For a class of polygonal domains the global estimate $O(h^2)$ can be proven.
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