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In this chapter we describe the numerical solution of the elliptic boundary-value problems considered in Chapter 3 by introducing the Galerkin method. We then illustrate the finite element method as a particular case. The latter will be further developed in the following chapters.
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Quarteroni, A. (2014). The Galerkin finite element method for elliptic problems. In: Numerical Models for Differential Problems. MS&A - Modeling, Simulation and Applications, vol 8. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5522-3_4
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