@ARTICLE{GaHuPe17, author = {Gallistl, D. and Huber, P. and Peterseim, D.}, title = {On the stability of the {R}ayleigh--{R}itz method for eigenvalues}, journal = {Numerische Mathematik}, year = {2017}, volume = {137}, pages = {339--351}, number = {2}, month = {Oct}, abstract = {This paper studies global stability properties of the Rayleigh--Ritz approximation of eigenvalues of the Laplace operator. The focus lies on the ratios $\hat{\lambda}_k/\lambda_k$ of the $k$th numerical eigenvalue $\hat{\lambda}_k$ and the $k$th exact eigenvalue $\lambda_k$. In the context of classical finite elements, the maximal ratio blows up with the polynomial degree. For B-splines of maximum smoothness, the ratios are uniformly bounded with respect to the degree except for a few instable numerical eigenvalues which are related to the presence of essential boundary conditions. These phenomena are linked to the inverse inequalities in the respective approximation spaces.}, day = {01}, doi = {10.1007/s00211-017-0876-8}, issn = {0945-3245}, keywords = {isogeometric analysis, eigenvalues, inverse inequality}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00211-017-0876-8} }