A mixed Arlequin formulation of an elastic problem based on a "volumic" H-1
-junction procedure is analyzed The existence and the uniqueness of a solut
ion is proved both in continuous and (generally non-conform) discrete cases
, assuming that the finite dimensional spaces satisfy a compatibility condi
tion. Moreover an optimal error estimate is derived. (C) 2001 Academie des
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