<s>
p-FEM	B-Algorithm
or	O
the	O
p-version	O
of	O
the	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
method	I-Application
is	O
a	O
numerical	B-General_Concept
method	I-General_Concept
for	O
solving	O
partial	O
differential	O
equations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
discretization	O
strategy	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
mesh	O
is	O
fixed	O
and	O
the	O
polynomial	O
degrees	O
of	O
elements	O
are	O
increased	O
such	O
that	O
the	O
lowest	O
polynomial	O
degree	O
,	O
denoted	O
by	O
,	O
approaches	O
infinity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
on	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
a	O
linear	O
elastic	O
fracture	O
mechanics	O
problem	O
that	O
sequences	O
of	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
solutions	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
p-version	O
converge	O
faster	O
than	O
sequences	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
h-version	O
by	O
Szabó	O
and	O
Mehta	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
