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hp-Adaptive Finite Elements for Time-Harmonic Maxwell Equations

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We review the fundamentals of hp-finite element discretisation of Maxwell equations and their numerical implementation, and describe an automatic hp-adaptive scheme for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations.

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    Leszek Demkowicz

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Demkowicz, L. (2003). hp-Adaptive Finite Elements for Time-Harmonic Maxwell Equations. In: Ainsworth, M., Davies, P., Duncan, D., Rynne, B., Martin, P. (eds) Topics in Computational Wave Propagation. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55483-4_5

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