Convergence of the Mimetic Finite Difference Method for Diffusion Problems on Polyhedral Meshes

  • Authors:
  • Franco Brezzi;Konstantin Lipnikov;Mikhail Shashkov

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The stability and convergence properties of the mimetic finite difference method for diffusion-type problems on polyhedral meshes are analyzed. The optimal convergence rates for the scalar and vector variables in the mixed formulation of the problem are proved.