Full-Order Convergence of a Mixed Finite Element Method for Fourth-Order Elliptic Equations

Abstract By using a special interpolation operator and an elaborate element analysis, in this paper, we improve the classical error estimates to full order for a mixed finite element method for the fourth-order elliptic equations on the rectangular mesh. Therefore we obtain the truly optimal error estimates in view of the interpolation space for the first time.

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