A simple third order compact finite element method for 1D BVP

Abstract: A simple third order compact finite element method is proposed for one-dimensional Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems. The key idea is based on the interpolation error estimate, which can be related to the source term. Thus, a simple posterior error analysis or a modified basis functions based on original piecewise linear basis function will lead to a third order accurate solution in the $L^2$ norm, and second order in the $H^1$ or the energy norm. Numerical examples have confirmed our analysis.