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The goal of a posteriori error estimates is to assess the error between the exact solution u and its finite element approximation u h in terms of known quantities only, i.e., the size of the mesh cells, the problem data, and the approximate solution.
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Ern, A., Guermond, JL. (2004). A Posteriori Error Estimates and Adaptive Meshes. In: Theory and Practice of Finite Elements. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 159. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4355-5_10
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