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In this chapter we present function spaces and suitable finite element approximations of them, which we shall use in order to apply the abstract theory of the previous chapters to problems of practical interest.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica “F. Casorati”, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Daniele Boffi

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    Franco Brezzi

  3. Département de mathématiques et de statistique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

    Michel Fortin

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Boffi, D., Brezzi, F., Fortin, M. (2013). Function Spaces and Finite Element Approximations. In: Mixed Finite Element Methods and Applications. Springer Series in Computational Mathematics, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36519-5_2

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