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(Solved): This question is from the Finite Element Solution of Partial Differential Equations
1. Let I=[x ...
This question is from the Finite Element Solution of Partial Differential Equations
1. Let I=[x0?,x1?]. Verify by direct calculation that the basis functions ?0?(x)=x1??x0?x1??x?,?1?(x)=x1??x0?x?x0?? for P1?(I) satisfy ?0?(x)+?1?(x)=1 and x0??0?(x)+x1??1?(x)=x. Give a geometrical interpretation by drawing ?0?(x),?1?(x),?0?(x)+?1?(x),x0??0?(x),x1??1?(x) and x0??0?(x)+x1??1?(x). 2. Let 0=x0?<x1?<x2?<x3?=1, where x1?=1/6 and x2?=1/2, be a partition of the interval [0,1] into three sub-intervals, and let Vh? be the space of contimuons piece-wise linear functions on this partition. (a) Determine analytical expressions for the hat function ?1?(x) and draw it. (b) Draw the function v(x)=??0?(x)+?2?(x)+2?3?(x) and its derivative v?(x). (c) Draw the piecewise constant mesh function h(x)=hi? on the sub-interval Ii?. (d) What is the dimension of Vh? ? (e) Draw the function f(x)=xln(x) and its linear interpolant ?f(x) on this mesh.