A family of $C^1$ finite elements with optimal approximation properties for various Galerkin methods for 2nd and 4th order problems

General lagrange and hermite interpolation in Rn with applications to finite element methods

Philippe G. Ciarlet, Pierre-Arnaud Raviart · Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis · 1972 · 482 citations

Computing, Computational Engineering, Computational Mechanics +15

Estimation of Linear Functionals on Sobolev Spaces with Application to Fourier Transforms and Spline Interpolation

James H. Bramble, Stephen Hilbert · SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis · 1970 · 450 citations

Computing, Computational Engineering, Finite Element Analysis +14

An observation concerning Ritz-Galerkin methods with indefinite bilinear forms

A. H. Schatz · Mathematics of Computation · 1974 · 432 citations

Computing, Computational Engineering, Computational Mechanics +12

Hierarchies of conforming finite elements for plane elasticity and plate bending

A. Peano · Computers & Mathematics with Applications · 1976 · 157 citations

Engineering, Computational Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +16

Rayleigh‐Ritz‐Galerkin methods for dirichlet's problem using subspaces without boundary conditions

James H. Bramble, A. H. Schatz · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics · 1970 · 133 citations

Computing, Computational Engineering, Mathematics +11