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This thesis introduces and analyzes a p-version FEM for variationalinequalities resulting from obstacle problems for some nonlinearelliptic partial differential operators. We approximate the solutionby controlling the obstacle condition in images of the Gauss-Lobattopoints. We show existence and uniqueness for thediscrete solution u_p from the p-version for the obstacle problem. Weprove the convergence of u_p towards the solution with respectto the energy norm, and assuming some additional regularity for thesolution we derive an a priori error estimate. In numericalexperiments the p-version turns out to be superior to the h-versionconcerning the convergence rate and the number of unknowns needed toachieve a certain exactness of the approximation.
This article introduces and analyzes a p-version FEM for variational inequalities resulting from obstacle problems for some quasi-linear elliptic partial differential operators. We approximate the solution by controlling the obstacle condition in images of the Gauss-Lobatto points. We show existence and uniqueness for the discrete solution u p from the p-version for the obstacle problem. We prove the convergence of u p towards the solution with respect to the energy norm, and assuming some additional regularity for the solution we derive an a priori error estimate. In numerical experiments the p-version turns out to be superior to the h-version concerning the convergence rate and the number of unknowns needed to achieve a certain exactness of the approximation.