planar_elasticity.ps = First-order system least squares (FOSLS) for planar linear elasticity, presented at the Fourth Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, Copper Mountain, April 8-13, 1996, by Steve McCormick fosls.ps and fosls-basics.ps = First-order system least squares (FOSLS), general talks about the methodology our research team has developed for solving a wide variety of partial differential equations. fosls-fosllt.pdf = First-order system least squares (FOSLS) and First-order system LL^t (FOSLLt), a general talk about these two methods that apply to the solution of a variety of partial differential equations. FOSLLt is a later version of FOSLS that applies to problems with reduced regularity and lower smoothness properties.