Error analysis in finite element method

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Theorem: Suppose $T_h$ is a regular family of triangulations of $\Omega$ which is a convex polygonal domain, then the finite element approximation $u_h \in V_h$ satisfies $$ ||u-u_h||_1\le C h||u||_2 \le C h ||f||_0$$

A proof of the above can be found here. But I am not able to follow the proof because my text follows a different notation.

Can someone explain how the following norms are defined?

  1. $||.||_1 $

  2. $ ||.||_2$

  3. $ ||.||_0$

  4. $|.|_0$

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Typically, $\|\cdot\|_k$ is used to denote the norm in the Sobolev space $H^k(\Omega) = W^{k,2}(\Omega)$ with the typical convention $H^0(\Omega) = L^2(\Omega)$ to denote the Lebesgue space.

This resolves 1.-3.

I do not know what 4. means. Typically, $|.|$ is used to denote a semi-norm, but there is no reasonable semi-norm in $L^2(\Omega)$. To give an example in $H^1(\Omega)$, a typical notation is $$|u|_1 = |u|_{H^1(\Omega)} = \left(\int_\Omega \|\nabla u(x)\|^2 \, \mathrm dx\right)^{1/2}$$