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Volume 3, Issue 2, Article 17 |
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An Error Estimate for Finite Volume Methods for the Stokes Equations
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Authors: |
A. Alami-Idrissi, M. Atounti, |
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Keywords:
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Finite volume method, Stokes equations, Discrete Poincaré inequality, Error estimate. |
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Date Received:
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18/05/01 |
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Date Accepted:
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08/11/01 |
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Subject Codes: |
35Q30,76D07
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Editors: |
Ram N. Mohapatra, |
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Abstract: |
In the present paper, we study an error estimate for finite volume methods for the stokes equations. The error is proven to be of order , in -norm discrete and in -norm, where represents the size of the mesh. The result is new even for the finite volume method.
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