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In this chapter we base most of the presentation on the classical references [8, 20, 41, 51] and describe the main introductory aspects of the finite and mixed finite element methods.
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Gatica, G.N. (2014). Introduction. In: A Simple Introduction to the Mixed Finite Element Method. SpringerBriefs in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03695-3_1
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