On commuting $p$-version projection-based interpolation on tetrahedra

Abstract

On the reference tetrahedron $\widehat K$, we define three projection-based interpolation operators on $H^2(\widehat K)$, ${\mathbf H}^1(\widehat K,\operatorname{\mathbf{curl}})$, and ${\mathbf H}^1(\widehat K,\operatorname{div})$. These operators are projections onto space of polynomials, they have the commuting diagram property and feature the optimal convergence rate as the polynomial degree increases in $H^{1-s}(\widehat K)$, ${\mathbf H}^{-s}(\widehat K,\operatorname{\mathbf{curl}})$, ${\mathbf H}^{-s}(\widehat K,\operatorname{div})$ for $0 \leq s \leq 1$.