Robust a priori error analysis for the approximation of degree-one Ginzburg-Landau vortices

Sören Bartels

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique (2005)

  • Volume: 39, Issue: 5, page 863-882
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

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This article discusses the numerical approximation of time dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. Optimal error estimates which are robust with respect to a large Ginzburg-Landau parameter are established for a semi-discrete in time and a fully discrete approximation scheme. The proofs rely on an asymptotic expansion of the exact solution and a stability result for degree-one Ginzburg-Landau vortices. The error bounds prove that degree-one vortices can be approximated robustly while unstable higher degree vortices are critical.

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Bartels, Sören. "Robust a priori error analysis for the approximation of degree-one Ginzburg-Landau vortices." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique 39.5 (2005): 863-882. <http://eudml.org/doc/246036>.

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