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For all elements except the Q4BL element, a unifying variational formulation is introduced, and optimal H\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"Superscript 1\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi\/>\n                            <mml:mn>1<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">^1<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    and L\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"squared\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi\/>\n                            <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">^2<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    error bounds uniform in the plate thickness are proven. Moreover, we propose a modified Q4BL element and show that it admits the optimal H\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"Superscript 1\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi\/>\n                            <mml:mn>1<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">^1<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    and L\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"squared\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi\/>\n                            <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">^2<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    error bounds uniform in the plate thickness. 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