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In this chapter we present function spaces and suitable finite element approximations of them, which we shall use in order to apply the abstract theory of the previous chapters to problems of practical interest.
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Boffi, D., Brezzi, F., Fortin, M. (2013). Function Spaces and Finite Element Approximations. In: Mixed Finite Element Methods and Applications. Springer Series in Computational Mathematics, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36519-5_2
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