This definitive introduction to finite element methods ha***een thoroughly updated for this third edition, which features important new material for both research and application of the finite element method.
The discussion of saddle point problems is a lughlight of the book and ha***een elaborated to include many more nonstandard applications. The chapter on applications in elasticity now contains a complete discussion of locking phenomena.
The numerical solution ofelliptic partial differential equations is an important application of finite elements and the author discusses this subject comprehensively. These equations are treated as variational problems for which the Sobolev spaces are the right framework. Graduate students who do not necessarily have any particular background in differential equation***ut require an introduction to finite element methods will find this text invaluable. Specifically, the chapter on finite