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% to do:
%   all these should be turned into giant itemized lists
%   fix the parens in the typo correction to the top of p303
%   \mathcal{\hat{P}} in the second note to p303 may need fixing

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\usepackage{amsmath,amscd,amsfonts}  % could also use \usepackage{amssymb} ???
\author{James M.\ Rath}
\title{Notes for ``A Mixed Finite Element Method for 2-nd Order Elliptic
Problems'' by Raviart and Thomas, 1977}
\date{\today}

% we might need to define \undertilde{arg} to be \stackrel{arg}{~}
%   or \underset{arg}{~} (is ~ special?).  For ``div'' and ``grad'' we want
%   \DeclareMathOperator{\div}{div} and the same for grad (but we want to
%   indicate that it's a vector...)
\DeclareMathOperator{\diver}{div}
\DeclareMathOperator{\grad}{\mathbf{grad}}
%\newcommand{\undertilde}[1]{\utilde{#1}}
%\newcommand{\undertilde}[1]{\underset{\~ }{#1}}
\newcommand{\undertilde}[1]{\underset{\sim}{#1}}
%\newcommand{\undertilde}[1]{\underset{\textasciitilde}{#1}}

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\begin{document}

\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
Published in ``Mathematical aspects of finite element methods : proceedings of
the conference held in Rome, 10-12 December 1975'' by Springer-Verlag in 1977.
Part of the ``Lecture Notes in Mathematics'' series; it's number 606.
\end{abstract}
\newpage
\tableofcontents
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\section{Typographical Errors}

on page 39:
\begin{itemize}
\item equation 1.6a: ``$u~ \in L^2(\Omega)^2$'' should read
``$u~ \in L^2(\Omega)^n$ where $n$ is 2 or 3''
\end{itemize}

\section{Annotations}

note: in equation 1.6, $div V~ = W$

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