A finite volume element method for a non-linear elliptic problem

We consider a finite volume discretization of second-order non-linear elliptic boundary value problems on polygonal domains. Using relatively standard assumptions we show the existence of the finite volume solution. Furthermore, for a sufficiently small data the uniqueness of the finite volume solution may also be deduced. We derive error estimates in H-1-, L-2- and L-infinity-norm for small data and convergence in H-1-norm for large data. In addition a Newton's method is analysed for the approximation of the finite volume solution and numerical experiments are presented. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.