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Convergence of Adaptive Finite Element Approximations for Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems

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 Added by Aihui Zhou
 Publication date 2010
  fields Physics
and research's language is English




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In this paper, we study an adaptive finite element method for a class of a nonlinear eigenvalue problems that may be of nonconvex energy functional and consider its applications to quantum chemistry. We prove the convergence of adaptive finite element approximations and present several numerical examples of micro-structure of matter calculations that support our theory.



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