The code accompanying "Understanding and Implementing the Finite

Element Method" by Mark S. Gockenbach (SIAM, 2006) is contained in

four directories:
1. version1: linear Lagrange triangles
2. version2: Lagrange triangles of arbitrary degree
3. version3: isoparametric elements of arbitrary degree
4. adaptive: local refinement, a posteriori error estimates, etc.
All four directories should be on your MATLAB path. Use statements like
addpath('/home/math/msgocken/fem/version1')
addpath('/home/math/msgocken/fem/version2')
addpath('/home/math/msgocken/fem/version3')
addpath('/home/math/msgocken/fem/adaptive')
I add these to my startup.m file for simplicity.
Each directory contains examples illustrating the use of the code:
1. version1:
Example1a: Solves a BVP with a known solution on a single
mesh and computes the error in the solution.
Example1b: Invokes TestConv1 to illustrate the convergence
of the finite element method on the BVP from
Example1a.
Example1c: Solves a BVP on a given mesh, then refines the
mesh uniformly and solves again. Compares the
two solutions to estimate the error.
2. version2:
Example2a: Solves a BVP with a known solution using cubic
Lagrange triangles and computes the error in the
solution.
Example2b: Invokes TestConv2 to illustrate the convergence
of the finite element method on the BVP from
Example2a (cubic elements).
Example2b: Invokes TestConv2 to illustrate the convergence
of the finite element method on a domain with a
curved boundary (nonisoparametric cubic elements)
3. version3:
Example3a: Solves a BVP with a known solution on a domain
with a curved boundary using isoparametric cubic
Lagrange triangles; computes the error in the
solution.
Example3b: Invokes TestConv to illustrate the convergence
of the finite element method on the BVP from
Example3a (isoparametric cubic elements).
Example3c: Same as Example2c but uses isoparametric elements.
4. adaptive:
AdaptiveExample1: Invokes Solve to apply an adaptive algorithm
to a BVP with a known solution (sharp peak
in the interior).
AdaptiveExample2: Invokes Solve to apply an adaptive algorithm
to a BVP with an unknown solution (transition
from Dirichlet to Neumann conditions).