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Reduced Hsieh–Clough–Tocher
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| Abbreviated names | rHCT |
| Orders | \(k=3\) |
| Reference elements | triangle |
| Number of DOFs | triangle: \(9\) |
| Categories | Scalar-valued elements, Macro elements |
Implementations
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Examples
| triangle order 3 |  (click to view basis functions) |
References
- Ciarlet, Philippe G. Interpolation error estimates for the reduced Hsieh-Clough-Tocher triangle, Mathematics of Computation 32, 335–344, 1978. [DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-1978-0482249-1] [BibTeX]
DefElement stats
| Element added | 08 March 2021 |
| Element last updated | 16 September 2023 |