TY - JOUR T1 - Discrete Maximum Principle and a Delaunay-Type Mesh Condition for Linear Finite Element Approximations of Two-Dimensional Anisotropic Diffusion Problems JO - Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications VL - 3 SP - 319 EP - 334 PY - 2011 DA - 2011/04 SN - 4 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.2011.m1024 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/nmtma/5971.html KW - Anisotropic diffusion, discrete maximum principle, finite element, mesh generation, Delaunay triangulation, Delaunay condition. AB -

A Delaunay-type mesh condition is developed for a linear finite element approximation of two-dimensional anisotropic diffusion problems to satisfy a discrete maximum principle. The condition is weaker than the existing anisotropic non-obtuse angle condition and reduces to the well known Delaunay condition for the special case with the identity diffusion matrix. Numerical results are presented to verify the theoretical findings.