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Orders | \(k=1\) |
Reference elements | quadrilateral, hexahedron |
Polynomial set | \(\mathcal{P}_{k} \oplus \mathcal{Z}^{(24)}_{k}\) (quadrilateral) \(\mathcal{P}_{k} \oplus \mathcal{Z}^{(25)}_{k}\) (hexahedron) ↓ Show polynomial set definitions ↓ |
DOFs | On each facet: point evaluation at midpoint |
Number of DOFs | quadrilateral: \(4\) hexahedron: \(6\) |
Mapping | identity |
continuity | Discontinuous. |
Categories | Scalar-valued elements |
Symfem | "Rannacher-Turek" ↓ Show Symfem examples ↓ This implementation is used to compute the examples below and verify other implementations. |
quadrilateral order 1 | ![]() (click to view basis functions) |
Element added | 06 May 2022 |
Element last updated | 16 September 2023 |