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Finite Elements: Theory, Fast Solvers, and Applications in Solid Mechanics

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I would say I mostly agree with the previous reviewer. The description is pretty clear, despite being a translation, and it has actually proven useful to me during my time in grad school. One minor complaint I have is that some of the proofs he gives are not as clear as I would like them to be. Specifically, I am talking about the sections dealing with the INF-SUP condition. It seems that everyone who writes an FEM book either skirts this whole issue of the INF-SUP condition (which is what a lot of engineering texts do), or they just copy the 'standard' proofs, which suck. But other than that, this is a useful book to have.

I recently read this book as part of an advanced numerical analysis class in grad school. I found it to be well written and easy to read. It was useful to me in learning about finite elements from both an abstract and practical perspective. I would recommend it to anyone familiar with the concept of a weak solution to an elliptic partial differential equation and with some experience with numerical linear algebra.
This book could have been improved by including some code or pseudo-code to help get novices started. This is not too severe of a drawback since the text is so well written that the reader should be able to implement many of the ideas without any other training in this area.