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Mixed Finite Element Methods ´ Ricardo G. Duran ´ Departamento de Matematica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de ´ Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria Pabellon I, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina rduran@dm.uba.ar 1 Introduction Finite element methods in which two spaces are used to approximate two different variables receive the general denomination of mixed methods. In some cases, the sec- ond variable is introduced in the formulation of the problem because of its physic