T-coercivity for solving Stokes problem with nonconforming finite elements

Abstract

We propose to analyse the discretization of the Stokes problem with nonconforming finite elements in light of the T-coercivity (cf. [1] for Helmholtz-like problems, see [2], [3] and [4] for the neutron diffusion equation). We propose explicit expressions of the stability constants. Finally, we give numerical results illustrating the importance of using divergence-free velocity reconstruction.