Unconditionally optimal convergence of an energy-conserving and linearly implicit scheme for nonlinear wave equations

In this paper, we present and analyze an energy-conserving and linearly implicit scheme for solving the nonlinear wave equations. Optimal error estimates in time and superconvergent error estimates in space are established without certain time-step restrictions. The key is to estimate directly the solution bounds in the H²-norm for both the nonlinear wave equation and the corresponding fully discrete scheme, while the previous investigations rely on the temporal-spatial error splitting approach. Numerical examples are presented to confirm energy-conserving properties, unconditional convergence and optimal error estimates, respectively, of the proposed fully discrete schemes.

     

Superconvergence of the direct discontinuous Galerkin method for convection‐diffusion equations

This paper is concerned with superconvergence properties of the direct discontinuous Galerkin (DDG) method for one‐dimensional linear convection‐diffusion equations. We prove, under some suitable choice of numerical fluxes and initial discretization, a 2k‐th and ‐th order superconvergence rate of the DDG approximation at nodes and Lobatto points, respectively, and a ‐th order of the derivative approximation at Gauss points, where k is the polynomial degree. Moreover, we also prove that the DDG solution is superconvergent with an order k + 2 to a particular projection of the exact solution. Numerical experiments are presented to validate the theoretical results. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 33: 290–317, 2017     

FINITE VOLUME SUPERCONVERGENCE APPROXIMATION FOR ONE-DIMESIONAL SINGULARLY PERTURBED PROBLEMS

We analyze finite volume schemes of arbitrary order r for the one-dimensional singu- larly perturbed convection-diffusion problem on the Shishkin mesh. We show that the error under the energy norm decays as （N-11n（N 4- 1））r, where 2N is the number of subinter- vals of the primal partition. Furthermore, at the nodal points, the error in function value approximation super-converges with order （N-11n（N ＋ 1））2r, while at the Gauss points, the derivative error super-converges with order （N-11n（N ＋ 1））r＋1. All the above conver- gence and superconvergence properties are independent of the perturbation parameter e. Numerical results are presented to support our theoretical findings.     

Superconvergence of immersed finite element methods for interface problems

In this article, we study superconvergence properties of immersed finite element methods for the one dimensional elliptic interface problem. Due to low global regularity of the solution, classical superconvergence phenomenon for finite element methods disappears unless the discontinuity of the coefficient is resolved by partition. We show that immersed finite element solutions inherit all desired superconvergence properties from standard finite element methods without requiring the mesh to be aligned with the interface. In particular, on interface elements, superconvergence occurs at roots of generalized orthogonal polynomials that satisfy both orthogonality and interface jump conditions.