We present higher-order piecewise continuous finite element methods for solving a class of interface problems in two dimensions. The method is based on correction terms added to the right-hand side in the standard variational formulation of the problem. We prove optimal error estimates of the methods on general quasi-uniform and shape regular meshes in maximum norms. In addition, we apply the method to a Stokes interface problem, adding correction terms for the velocity and the pressure, obtaining optimal convergence results.
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DOI: 10.1051/m2an/2015093
Keywords: Interface problems, finite elements, pointwise estimates
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Guzmán, Johnny; Sánchez, Manuel A.; Sarkis, Marcus. Higher-order finite element methods for elliptic problems with interfaces. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 50 (2016) no. 5, pp. 1561-1583. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2015093. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/m2an/2015093/
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