symfem.elements.gopalakrishnan_lederer_schoberl

Gopalakrishnan-Lederer-Schoberl elements on simplices.

This element’s definition appears in https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2019.62042 (Lederer, 2019) and https://doi.org/10.1137/19M1248960 (Gopalakrishnan, Lederer, Schooberl, 2020).

Classes

GopalakrishnanLedererSchoberl

A Gopalakrishnan-Lederer-Schoberl element on a simplex.

Module Contents

class symfem.elements.gopalakrishnan_lederer_schoberl.GopalakrishnanLedererSchoberl(reference: symfem.references.Reference, order: int)

Bases: symfem.finite_element.CiarletElement

A Gopalakrishnan-Lederer-Schoberl element on a simplex.

init_kwargs() dict[str, Any]

Return the kwargs used to create this element.

Returns:

Keyword argument dictionary

property lagrange_subdegree: int

Get the Lagrange subdegree of the element.

This is the degree of the highest degree Lagrange space whose polynomial space is a subspace of this element’s polynomial space.

property lagrange_superdegree: int | None

Get the Lagrange superdegree of the element.

This is the degree of the highest degree Lagrange space whose polynomial space is a superspace of this element’s polynomial space.

property polynomial_subdegree: int

Get the polynomial subdegree of the element.

This is the degree of the highest degree complete polynomial space that is a subspace of this element’s polynomial space.

property polynomial_superdegree: int | None

Get the polynomial superdegree of the element.

This is the degree of the highest degree complete polynomial space that is a superspace of this element’s polynomial space.

names = ['Gopalakrishnan-Lederer-Schoberl', 'GLS']
references = ['triangle', 'tetrahedron']
min_order = 0
continuity = 'inner H(curl div)'
value_type = 'matrix'
last_updated = '2025.12'