Numerical verification of solutions for variational inequalities

In this paper, we consider a numerical technique that enables us to verify the existence of solutions for variational inequalities. This technique is based on the infinite dimensional fixed point theorems and explicit error estimates for finite element approximations. Using the finite element approximations and explicit a priori error estimates for obstacle problems, we present an effective verification procedure that through numerical computation generates a set which includes the exact solution. Further, a numerical example for an obstacle problem is presented. Received October 28,1996 / Revised version received December 29,1997     

Well-Posedness and Finite Element Approximations for Elliptic SPDEs with Gaussian Noises

The paper studies the well-posedness and optimal error estimates of spectral finite element approximations for the boundary value problems of semi-linear elliptic SPDEs driven by white or colored Gaussian noises. The noise term is approximated through the spectral projection of the covariance operator, which is not required to be commutative with the Laplacian operator.Through the convergence analysis of SPDEs with the noise terms replaced by the projected noises, the well-posedness of the SPDE is established under certain covariance operator-dependent conditions. These SPDEs with projected noises are then numerically approximated with the finite element method. A general error estimate framework is established for the finite element approximations. Based on this framework, optimal error estimates of finite element approximations for elliptic SPDEs driven by power-law noises are obtained. It is shown that with the proposed approach, convergence order of white noise driven SPDEs is improved by half for one-dimensional problems, and by an infinitesimal factor for higher-dimensional problems.     

OPTIMAL ERROR ESTIMATES OF THE PARTITION OF UNITY METHOD WITH LOCAL POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION SPACES

In this paper, we provide a theoretical analysis of the partition of unity finite elementmethod (PUFEM), which belongs to the family of meshfree methods. The usual erroranalysis only shows the order of error estimate to the same as the local approximations[12].Using standard linear finite element base functions as partition of unity and polynomials aslocal approximation space, in 1-d case, we derive optimal order error estimates for PUFEMinterpolants. Our analysis show that the error estimate is of one order higher than thelocal approximations. The interpolation error estimates yield optimal error estimates forPUFEM solutions of elliptic boundary value problems.     

Asymptotic expansions andL ∞-error estimates for mixed finite element methods for second order elliptic problems

Summary Asymptotic expansions for mixed finite element approximations of the second order elliptic problem are derived and Richardson extrapolation can be applied to increase the accuracy of the approximations. A new procedure, which is called the error corrected method, is presented as a further application of the asymptotic error expansion for the first order BDM approximation of the scalar field. The key point in deriving the asymptotic expansions for the error is an establishment ofL ¹-error estimates for mixed finite element approximations for the regularized Green's functions. As another application of theL ¹-error estimates for the regularized Green's functions, we shall present maximum norm error estimates for mixed finite element methods for second order elliptic problems.     

W m,2 -Fehlerabschätzungen für Galerkin-Näherungen schwach elliptischer quasilinearer Randwertprobleme 2m-ter Ordnung

Summary For weak elliptic quasilinear boundary value problems of order 2m inn dimensionsW ^m,2 -error estimates for the Galerkin method are established, in whichL -norms of certain derivatives of the Galerkin approximations still occur. The order of these derivatives depends on several conditions on the coefficients of the differential operator. With the help of appropriate a priori bounds for the discrete solutions asymptotic error estimates for the finite element method may be obtained from this. This procedure yields quasioptimal results in several cases. Finally some examples are discussed.

     

Max-Norm Estimates for Galerkin Approximations of One-Dimensional Elliptic,Parabolic and Hyperbolic Problems with Mixed Boundary Conditions

The Galerkin methods are studied for two-point boundary value problems and the related one-dimensional parabolic and hyperbolic problems. The boundary value problem considered here is of non-adjoint from and with mixed boundary conditions. The optimal order error estimate in the max-norm is first derived for the boundary problem for the finite element subspace. This result then gives optimal order max-norm error estimates for the continuous and discrete time approximations for the evolution problems described above.     

A Posteriori Error Estimates for Distributed Convex Optimal Control Problems

In this paper, we present an a posteriori error analysis for finite element approximation of distributed convex optimal control problems. We derive a posteriori error estimates for the coupled state and control approximations under some assumptions which hold in many applications. Such estimates, which are apparently not available in the literature, can be used to construct reliable adaptive finite element approximation schemes for control problems. Explicit estimates are obtained for some model problems which frequently appear in real-life applications.     

凹角域上Green函数有限元逼近的逐点估计及有限元外推

本文运用权范数方法证明了多角形区域上Green函数有限元逼近的逐点估计 |G_z(x)-G_z~h(x)|≤C(h~|lnh|~3/|x-z|~α),?x,z∈Ω,其中C为与x,z,h无关的常数θ<α<β_M,β_M=π/α_M,α_M为Ω的最大内角.由此可导出凹角域上有限元逼近的渐近展开. 考虑模型问题     

Superconvergence for rectangular mixed finite elements

Summary In this paper we prove superconvergence error estimates for the vector variable for mixed finite element approximations of second order elliptic problems. For the rectangular finite elements of Raviart and Thomas [19] and for those of Brezzi et al. [4] we prove that the distance inL ² between the approximate solution and a projection of the exact one is of higher order than the error itself.This result is exploited to obtain superconvergence at Gaussian points and to construct higher order approximations by a local postprocessing.     

Error estimates for the finite element approximation of linear elastic equations in an unbounded domain

In this paper we present error estimates for the finite element approximation of linear elastic equations in an unbounded domain. The finite element approximation is formulated on a bounded computational domain using a nonlocal approximate artificial boundary condition or a local one. In fact there are a family of nonlocal approximate boundary conditions with increasing accuracy (and computational cost) and a family of local ones for a given artificial boundary. Our error estimates show how the errors of the finite element approximations depend on the mesh size, the terms used in the approximate artificial boundary condition, and the location of the artificial boundary. A numerical example for Navier equations outside a circle in the plane is presented. Numerical results demonstrate the performance of our error estimates.

     

A posteriori error estimates for mixed finite element solutions of convex optimal control problems

In this paper, we present an a posteriori error analysis for mixed finite element approximation of convex optimal control problems. We derive a posteriori error estimates for the coupled state and control approximations under some assumptions which hold in many applications. Such estimates can be used to construct reliable adaptive mixed finite elements for the control problems.     

Interior estimates for nonconforming finite element methods

Summary. Interior error estimates are derived for a wide class of nonconforming finite element methods for second order scalar elliptic boundary value problems. It is shown that the error in an interior domain can be estimated by three terms: the first one measures the local approximability of the finite element space to the exact solution, the second one measures the degree of continuity of the finite element space (the consistency error), and the last one expresses the global effect through the error in an arbitrarily weak Sobolev norm over a slightly larger domain. As an application, interior superconvergences of some difference quotients of the finite element solution are obtained for the derivatives of the exact solution when the mesh satisfies some translation invariant condition. Received December 29, 1994     

一阶双曲问题间断有限元的后验误差分析

一阶双曲问题的有限元后验误差估计至今没有得到很好的解决.本文对d维区域上一阶双曲问题的k次间断有限元逼近提出了一种新的后验误差分析方法, 进而建立了间断有限元解在DG范数下(强于L₂范数)基于误差余量型的后验误差估计. 数值计算验证了本文理论分析的有效性. 本文方法也适用于其他变分问题有限元逼近的后验误差分析.     

Two-scale sparse finite element approximations

To reduce computational cost,we study some two-scale finite element approximations on sparse grids for elliptic partial differential equations of second order in a general setting.Over any tensor product domain ?R~d with d = 2,3,we construct the two-scale finite element approximations for both boundary value and eigenvalue problems by using a Boolean sum of some existing finite element approximations on a coarse grid and some univariate fine grids and hence they are cheaper approximations.As applications,we obtain some new efficient finite element discretizations for the two classes of problem:The new two-scale finite element approximation on a sparse grid not only has the less degrees of freedom but also achieves a good accuracy of approximation.     

Functional a posteriori error estimates for discontinuous Galerkin approximations of elliptic problems

In this article, we develop functional a posteriori error estimates for discontinuous Galerkin (DG) approximations of elliptic boundary‐value problems. These estimates are based on a certain projection of DG approximations to the respective energy space and functional a posteriori estimates for conforming approximations developed by S. Repin (see e.g., Math Comp 69 (2000) 481–500). On these grounds, we derive two‐sided guaranteed and computable bounds for the errors in “broken” energy norms. A series of numerical examples presented confirm the efficiency of the estimates. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2009     

Navier－Stokes方程的变网格非协调有限元法

本文通过所谓的速度－压力型公式讨论了Ｎａｖｉｅｒ－Ｓｔｏｋｅｓ方程的变网格非协调有限元逼近，得到了在确定模意义下的速度、压力误差估计，且在一定条件下，某些误差估计能达到最优。     

On the asymptotic exactness of error estimators for linear triangular finite elements

Summary This paper deals with a-posteriori error estimates for piecewise linear finite element approximations of elliptic problems. We analyze two estimators based on recovery operators for the gradient of the approximate solution. By using superconvergence results we prove their asymptotic exactness under regularity assumptions on the mesh and the solution.One of the estimators can be easily computed in terms of the jumps of the gradient of the finite element approximation. This estimator is equivalent to the error in the energy norm under rather general conditions. However, we show that for the asymptotic exactness, the regularity assumption on the mesh is not merely technical. While doing this, we analyze the relation between superconvergence and asymptotic exactness for some particular examples.     

Finite element methods for elliptic optimal control problems with boundary observations

We study in this paper the finite element approximations to elliptic optimal control problems with boundary observations. The main feature of this kind of optimal control problems is that the observations or measurements are the outward normal derivatives of the state variable on the boundary, this reduces the regularity of solutions to the optimal control problems. We propose two kinds of finite element methods: the standard FEM and the mixed FEM, to efficiently approximate the underlying optimal control problems. For both cases we derive a priori error estimates for problems posed on polygonal domains. Some numerical experiments are carried out at the end of the paper to support our theoretical findings.     

解一类半线性外边值问题的自然边界元与有限元耦合法

In this paper, we combine a finite element approach with the natural boundary element method to stduy the weak solvability and Galerkin approximations of a class of semilinear exterior boundary value problems. Our analysis is mainly based on the variational formulation with constraints. We discuss the error estimate of the finite element solution and obtain the asymptotic rate of convergence O（h^n) Finally, we also give two numerical examples.     

Numerical solution of a second biharmonic boundary value problem

The second boundary value problem for the biharmonic equation is equivalent to the Dirichlet problems for two Poisson equations. Several finite difference approximations are defined to solve these Dirichlet problems and discretization error estimates are obtained. It is shown that the splitting of the biharmonic equation produces a numerically efficient procedure.