Condition numbers for various FEM matrices

A study is presented that examines thoroughly the inter-relationships between condition numbers of finite element method matrices based on various interpolatory and hierarchical mixed-order tangential vector finite elements (TVFEs). The validity of the generally accepted premise that interpolatory higher order TVFEs lead to better conditioned matrices than hierarchical higher TVFEs is found to be questionable.

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