Recursion relations for hp-FEM Element Matrices on quadrilaterals

Abstract

In this paper we consider higher order shape functions for finite elements on quadrilaterals. Using tensor products of suitable Jacobi polynomials, it can be proved that the corresponding mass and stiffness matrices are sparse with respect to polynomial degree p . Due to the orthogonal relations between Jacobi polynomials the exact values of the entries of mass and stiffness matrix can be determined. Using symbolic computation, we can find simple recurrence relations which allow us to compute the remaining nonzero entries in optimal arithmetic complexity. Besides the H1 case also the conformal basis functions for H(Div) and H(Curl) are investigated

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