Nonlocal Venttsel' diffusion in fractal‐type domains: Regularity results and numerical approximation

We study a nonlocal Venttsel' problem in a nonconvex bounded domain with a Koch‐type boundary. Regularity results of the strict solution are proved in weighted Sobolev spaces. The numerical approximation of the problem is carried out, and optimal a priori error estimates are obtained.     

Graded mesh refinement and error estimates of higher order for DGFE solutions of elliptic boundary value problems in polygons

Error estimates for DGFE solutions are well investigated if one assumes that the exact solution is sufficiently regular. In this article, we consider a Dirichlet and a mixed boundary value problem for a linear elliptic equation in a polygon. It is well known that the first derivatives of the solutions develop singularities near reentrant corner points or points where the boundary conditions change. On the basis of the regularity results formulated in Sobolev–Slobodetskii spaces and weighted spaces of Kondratiev type, we prove error estimates of higher order for DGFE solutions using a suitable graded mesh refinement near boundary singular points. The main tools are as follows: regularity investigation for the exact solution relying on general results for elliptic boundary value problems, error analysis for the interpolation in Sobolev–Slobodetskii spaces, and error estimates for DGFE solutions on special graded refined meshes combined with estimates in weighted Sobolev spaces. Our main result is that there exist a local grading of the mesh and a piecewise interpolation by polynoms of higher degree such that we will get the same order O (h^α) of approximation as in the smooth case. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Mehods Partial Differential Eq, 2012     

Jacobi Polynomials,Weighted Sobolev Spaces and Approximation Results of Some Singularities

In this paper, we give some polynomial approximation results in a class of weighted Sobolev spaces, which are related to the Jacobi operator. We further give some embeddings of those weighted Sobolev spaces into usual ones and into spaces of continuous functions, in order to use the above approximation results in the p‐version (or the spectral method) of some finite or boundary element methods. Finally, two typical examples of the polynomial approximation of some singularities of boundary value problems in polygonal or polyhedral domains are presented.     

Existence and uniqueness of the solution of linear degenerate PDEs in weighted Sobolev space with nonhomogeneous boundary condition

We prove the existence and uniqueness of solution to the nonhomogeneous degenerate elliptic PDE of second order with boundary data in weighted Orlicz‐Slobodetskii space. Our goal is to consider the possibly general assumptions on the involved constraints: the class of weights, the boundary data, and the admitted coefficients. We also provide some estimates on the spectrum of our degenerate elliptic operator.     

Existence and uniqueness for a semilinear elliptic problem on Lipschitz domains in Riemannian manifolds II

Extending our recent work for the semilinear elliptic equation on Lipschitz domains, we study a general second-order Dirichlet problem in . We improve our previous results by studying more general nonlinear terms with polynomial (and in some cases exponential) growth in the variable . We also study the case of nonnegative solutions.

     

Generalization of tangential trace spaces of H(curl,Ω) for curvilinear Lipschitz polyhedral domains Ω

For curvilinear Lipschitz polyhedral domains Ω, explicit characterizations of the tangential trace spaces of H ¹(Ω) are presented. These extend the original characterizations given by Buffa and Ciarlet that hold on Lipschitz polyhedral domains with plane faces. The tangential trace spaces of H ¹(Ω) are fundamental for the definition, analysis and intuitive understanding of the trace spaces of H ( curl ,Ω) and therefore, more general characterizations of the latter are obtained at the same time. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global Regularity of Weak Solutions to Quasilinear Elliptic and Parabolic Equations with Controlled Growth

We establish global regularity for weak solutions to quasilinear divergence form elliptic and parabolic equations over Lipschitz domains with controlled growth conditions on low order terms. The leading coefficients belong to the class of BMO functions with small mean oscillations with respect to x.     

Scattering properties for a pair of Schrödinger type operators on cylindrical domains

Strong asymptotic completeness is shown for a pair of Schrödinger type operators on a cylindrical Lipschitz domain. A key ingredient is a limiting absorption principle valid in a scale of weighted (local) Sobolev spaces with respect to the uniform topology. The results are based on a refined version of Mourre’s method within the context of pseudo-selfadjoint operators.     

Existence and Multiplicity of solutions for a quasilinear elliptic system on unbounded domains involving nonlinear boundary conditions

We prove two existence results for the nonlinear elliptic boundary value system involving $p$-Laplacian over an unbounded domain in $R^N$ with noncompact boundary. The proofs are based on variational methods applied to weighted spaces.     

The Poisson problem with mixed boundary conditions in Sobolev and Besov spaces in non-smooth domains

We introduce certain Sobolev-Besov spaces which are particularly well adapted for measuring the smoothness of data and solutions of mixed boundary value problems in Lipschitz domains. In particular, these are used to obtain sharp well-posedness results for the Poisson problem for the Laplacian with mixed boundary conditions on bounded Lipschitz domains which satisfy a suitable geometric condition introduced by R.Brown in (1994). In this context, we obtain results which generalize those by D.Jerison and C.Kenig (1995) as well as E.Fabes, O.Mendez and M.Mitrea (1998). Applications to Hodge theory and the regularity of Green operators are also presented.

     

Well‐posedness and regularity results for a 2m‐th order parabolic equation in symmetric conical domains of ℝN+1

In this paper, we use the domain decomposition method to prove well‐posedness and smoothness results in anisotropic weighted Sobolev spaces for a multidimensional high‐order parabolic equation set in conical time‐dependent domains of . Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Integral representations of functions and embeddings of sobolev spaces on cuspidal domains

Some classes of cuspidal domainsG ⊂ ℝ ⁿ are introduced, and embeddings of the formW _p ^(l) (G)↪L_q(G),l ∈ ℕ, for sobolev spaces are established. To this end, estimates of some integral operators are needed. These operators cannot be estimated via Riesz potentials or their anisotropic analogs. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 201–219, February, 1997. Translated by V. E. Nazaikinskii     

Non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary value problems in weighted Sobolev spaces

The paper presents existence and multiplicity results for non-linear boundary value problems on possibly non-smooth and unbounded domains under possibly non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. We develop here an appropriate functional setting based on weighted Sobolev spaces. Our results are obtained by using global minimization and a minimax approach using a non-smooth critical point theory.     

Maximum-norm error analysis of a non-monotone FEM for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion problem

A non-monotone FEM discretization of a singularly perturbed one-dimensional reaction-diffusion problem whose solution exhibits strong layers is considered. The method is shown to be maximum-norm stable although it is not inverse monotone. Both a priori and a posteriori error bounds in the maximum norm are derived. The a priori result can be used to deduce uniform convergence of various layer-adapted meshes proposed in the literature. Numerical experiments complement the theoretical results. AMS subject classification (2000)  65L10, 65L50, 65L60     

Convergence analysis of a hp-finite element approximation of the time-harmonic Maxwell equations with impedance boundary conditions in domains with an analytic boundary

We consider a nonconforming hp -finite element approximation of a variational formulation of the time-harmonic Maxwell equations with impedance boundary conditions proposed by Costabel et al. The advantages of this formulation is that the variational space is embedded in H¹ as soon as the boundary is smooth enough (in particular it holds for domains with an analytic boundary) and standard shift theorem can be applied since the associated boundary value problem is elliptic. Finally in order to perform a wavenumber explicit error analysis of our problem, a splitting lemma and an estimation of the adjoint approximation quantity are proved by adapting to our system the results from Melenk and Sauter obtained for the Helmholtz equation. Some numerical tests that illustrate our theoretical results are also presented. Analytic regularity results with bounds explicit in the wavenumber of the solution of a general elliptic system with lower order terms depending on the wavenumber are needed and hence proved.     

Gradient WEB-spline finite element method for solving two-dimensional quasilinear elliptic problems

In this paper, a two-dimensional quasilinear elliptic problem of the form -divF(x,▽u)=g(x)$-\mathit{divF}(\mathbf{x}\text{,}▽u)=g(\mathbf{x})$ is considered. This problem is ill-conditioned and we therefore propose a modified iterative algorithm based on coupling of the Sobolev space gradient method and WEB-spline finite element method. Applying the preconditioned iterative method, which has been already provided by Farago and Karatson (2001) [1] reduces the our considered problem to a sequence of linear Poisson’s problems. Then the WEB-spline finite element method is applied to the approximate solution of these Poisson’s problems. In this sense, a convergence theorem is proved and the advantages of this technique than the gradient finite element method (GFEM) is also described. Finally, the presented method is tested on some examples and compared with GFEM. It is shown that the gradient WEB-spline finite element method gives better test results.     

A priori error estimates for a coupled finite element method and mixed finite element method for a fluid-solid interaction problem

This paper presents a heterogeneous finite element method fora fluid–solid interaction problem. The method, which combinesa standard finite element discretization in the fluid regionand a mixed finite element discretization in the solid region,allows the use of different meshes in fluid and solid regions.Both semi-discrete and fully discrete approximations are formulatedand analysed. Optimal order a priori error estimates in theenergy norm are shown. The main difficulty in the analysis iscaused by the two interface conditions which describe the interactionbetween the fluid and the solid. This is overcome by explicitlybuilding one of the interface conditions into the finite elementspaces. Iterative substructuring algorithms are also proposedfor effectively solving the discrete finite element equations.     

A new family of discontinuous finite element methods for elliptic problems in the whole space

We investigate a new hybrid method we call the discontinuous Galerkin‐inverted finite element method (DGIFEM) to approximate the solution of elliptic problems in , especially when the growth or the decay of the solution is very slow. On the basis of both the discontinuous Galerkin discretization and the inverted finite element method, the DGIFEM keeps part of the domain bounded and maps the other infinite extent into a bounded region via a suitable polygonal inversion. The numerical solution is then constructed in an appropriate subspace of weighted Sobolev spaces, where the weights allow the control of the growth or the decay of functions at infinity. A careful study of the convergence of the DGIFEM is carried out and shows that the optimal order of convergence can always be reached. Finally, some numerical results are given as illustration of the good performance of the proposed method.