Interpolation Based Local Postprocessing for Adaptive Finite Element Approximations in Electronic Structure Calculations

In this paper, we propose an interpolation based local postprocessing approach for finite element electronic structure calculations over locally refined hexahedral finite element meshes. It is shown that our approach is very efficient in finite element approximations of ground state energies.

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