So far optimal error estimates on Bakhvalov-type meshes are only known for finite difference and finite element methods solving linear convection-diffusion problems in the one-dimensional case. We prove (almost) optimal error estimates for problems with exponential boundary layers in two dimensions.
We study the partial differential equation max{Lu − f, H(Du)} = 0 where u is the unknown function, L is a second-order elliptic operator, f is a given smooth function and H is a convex function. This is a model equation for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations arising in stochastic singular control. We establish the existence of a unique viscosity solution of the Dirichlet problem that has a Hölder continuous gradient. We also show that if H is uniformly convex, the gradient of this solution...
Patch substructuring methods are non-overlapping domain decomposition methods like classical substructuring methods, but they use information from geometric patches reaching into neighboring subdomains condensated, on the interfaces to enhance the performance of the method, while keeping it non-overlapping. These methods are very convenient to use in practice, but their convergence properties have not been studied yet. We analyze geometric patch substructuring methods for the special case of one...
We prove that any elliptic operator of second order in variational form is the infinitesimal generator of an analytic semigroup in the functional space consinsting of all derivatives of hölder-continuous functions in where is a domain in not necessarily bounded. We characterize, moreover the domain of the operator and the interpolation spaces between this and the space . We prove also that the spaces can be considered as extrapolation spaces relative to suitable non-variational operators....
In this communication we focus on goal-oriented anisotropic adaption techniques. Starting point has been the derivation of suitable anisotropic interpolation error estimates for piecewise linear finite elements, on triangular grids in . Then we have merged these interpolation estimates with the dual-based a posteriori error analysis proposed by R. Rannacher and R. Becker. As examples of this general anisotropic a posteriori analysis, elliptic, advection-diffusion-reaction and the Stokes problems...
The paper is concerned with the finite element solution of the Poisson equation with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition in a three-dimensional domain. Anisotropic, graded meshes from a former paper are reused for dealing with the singular behaviour of the solution in the vicinity of the non-smooth parts of the boundary. The discretization error is analyzed for the piecewise linear approximation in the H1(Ω)- and L2(Ω)-norms by using a new quasi-interpolation operator. This new interpolant...