# H(curl2)-Conforming Finite Elements in 2 Dimensions and Applications to the Quad-Curl Problem

@article{Zhang2019Hcurl2ConformingFE,
title={H(curl2)-Conforming Finite Elements in 2 Dimensions and Applications to the Quad-Curl Problem},
author={Q. Zhang and Lixiu Wang and Zhimin Zhang},
journal={SIAM J. Sci. Comput.},
year={2019},
volume={41},
pages={A1527-A1547}
}
• Published 1 January 2019
• Mathematics
• SIAM J. Sci. Comput.
In this paper, we construct some $H(curl^2)$-conforming finite elements on a rectangle (a parallelogram) and a triangle. The proposed elements possess some nice properties which have been proved by...
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