We study the finite element approximation of the eigensolutions of a second
-order problem in a square arising in fluid-structure interaction. We analy
ze the schemes described in [1] and show that, when a uniform mesh is used,
the first two methods produce spurious eigenmodes of different nature, whi
le the third one provides eigensolutions converging to the continuous ones.
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