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Complementary Variational Principles

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As is well known, variational methods belong to the fundamental principles in mathematics and in mechanics. They are of interest not only from the theoretical but also from the numerical point of view. Indeed, when discretized the variational principles immediately provide numerical schemes for solving the underlying problem numerically. In particular, variational principles in various forms are videly used in order to establish Ritz — Galerkin schemes in finite element spaces.

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Velte, W. (1988). Complementary Variational Principles. In: Stein, E., Wendland, W. (eds) Finite Element and Boundary Element Techniques from Mathematical and Engineering Point of View. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 301. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2826-8_1

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