TY - JOUR T1 - Error Analysis of a Mixed Finite Element Method for the Monge-Ampère Equation JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 4 SP - 745 EP - 761 PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11 SN - 11 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/550.html KW - Monge-Ampère, mixed finite elements, Lagrange elements, fixed point. AB -

We analyze the convergence of a mixed finite element method for the elliptic Monge-Ampère  equation in dimensions 2 and 3. The unknowns in the formulation, the scalar variable and a discrete Hessian, are approximated by Lagrange finite element spaces. The method originally proposed by Lakkis and Pryer can be viewed as the formal limit of a Hermann-Miyoshi mixed method proposed by Feng and Neilan in the context of the vanishing moment methodology. Error estimates are derived under the assumption that the continuous problem has a smooth solution.