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Positive Lower Bound for the Numerical Solution of a Convection-Diffusion Equation

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Finite Volumes for Complex Applications VIII - Methods and Theoretical Aspects (FVCA 2017)

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In this work, we apply a method due to De Giorgi [3] in order to establish a positive lower bound for the numerical solution of a stationary convection-diffusion equation.

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C. C.-H. and B. M. thank the team Inria/Rapsodi and the Labex CEMPI (ANR-11-LABX-0007-01) for their support. The authors thank the referees for their careful reading.

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Chainais-Hillairet, C., Merlet, B., Vasseur, A.F. (2017). Positive Lower Bound for the Numerical Solution of a Convection-Diffusion Equation . In: Cancès, C., Omnes, P. (eds) Finite Volumes for Complex Applications VIII - Methods and Theoretical Aspects . FVCA 2017. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 199. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57397-7_26

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