New estimates of mixed finite element method for fourth‐order wave equation

The conforming bilinear mixed finite element method is established for a fourth‐order wave equation. By applying the interpolation and projection simultaneously, the superclose and superconvergence results of order O (h ²) for the original variable u and intermediate variable p  =? a ₁(X )Δu in H¹‐norm are achieved for the semi‐discrete and fully discrete schemes, respectively (where a ₁(X ) is the coefficient appeared in the equation). The distinct advantage of this method is that it can reduce the smoothness of solutions u ,u _t , and p compared with the existing literature for getting optimal estimates alone. At last, some numerical results are carried out to validate the theoretical analysis. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sobolev方程一个新的H~1-Galerkin混合有限元分析

研究了Sobolev方程的H~1-Galerkin混合有限元方法.利用不完全双二次元Q_2~-和一阶BDFM元,建立了一个新的混合元模式,通过Bramble-Hilbert引理,证明了单元对应的插值算子具有的高精度结果.进一步,对于半离散和向后欧拉全离散格式,分别导出了原始变量u在H~1-模和中间变量p在H(div)-模意义下的超逼近性质.     

Superconvergence of H 1-Galerkin mixed finite element methods for parabolic problems

In this article, we study the semidiscrete H ¹-Galerkin mixed finite element method for parabolic problems over rectangular partitions. The well-known optimal order error estimate in the L ²-norm for the flux is of order 𝒪(h ^k+1) (SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 35 (2), (1998), pp. 712–727), where k ≥ 1 is the order of the approximating polynomials employed in the Raviart–Thomas element. We derive a superconvergence estimate of order 𝒪(h ^k+3) between the H ¹-Galerkin mixed finite element approximation and an appropriately defined local projection of the flux variable when k ≥ 1. A the new approximate solution for the flux with superconvergence of order 𝒪(h ^k+3) is realized via a postprocessing technique using local projection methods.     

EFK方程一个新的低阶非协调混合有限元方法的高精度分析

对Extended Fisher-Kolmogorov(EFK)方程,利用EQ_1~(rot)元和零阶RaviartThomas(R-T)元建立了一个新的非协调混合元逼近格式.首先,证明了半离散格式逼近解的一个先验估计并证明了逼近解的存在唯一性.在半离散格式下,利用上述两种元的高精度分析结果以及这个先验估计,在不需要有限元解u_h属于L~∞的条件下,得到了原始变量u和中间变量v=-?u的H~1-模以及流量p=u的(L~2)~2-模意义下O(h~2)阶的超逼近性质.同时,借助插值后处理技术,证明了上述变量的具有O(h~2)阶的整体超收敛结果.其次,建立了一个新的线性化向后Euler全离散格式并证明了其逼近解的存在唯一性.另一方面,通过对相容误差和非线性项采取与传统误差分析不同的新的分裂技巧,分别导出了以往文献中尚未涉及的关于u和v在H~1-模以及p在(L~2)~2-模意义下具有O(h~2+τ)阶的超逼近性质,进一步地,借助插值后处理技术,得到了上述变量的整体超收敛结果.这里h和τ分别表示空间剖分参数和时间步长.最后,给出了一个数值算例,计算结果验证了理论分析的正确性.     

Superconvergence analysis of the finite element method for nonlinear hyperbolic equations with nonlinear boundary condition

This paper discusses the semidiscrete finite element method for nonlinear hyperbolic equations with nonlinear boundary condition. The superclose property is derived through interpolation instead of the nonlinear H^1 projection and integral identity technique. Meanwhile, the global superconvergence is obtained based on the interpolated postprocessing techniques.     

Superconvergence of a finite element method for the biharmonic equation

Ciarlet‐Raviart's scheme is a finite element method for solving the mixed formulation of the biharmonic equation. So far, there has been no superconvergence for the vorticity from this method if a general rectangular mesh is used. In this article, we deal with the biquadratic elements under the uniform rectangular mesh and prove for the first time a superconvergence for the vorticity. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 18: 420–427, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/num.10010     

EQ 1 rot nonconforming finite element method for nonlinear dual phase lagging heat conduction equations

EQ rot 1 nonconforming finite element approximation to a class of nonlinear dual phase lagging heat conduction equations is discussed for semi-discrete and fully-discrete schemes. By use of a special property, that is, the consistency error of this element is of order O(h2 ) one order higher than its interpolation error O(h), the superclose results of order O(h2 ) in broken H1 -norm are obtained. At the same time, the global superconvergence in broken H1 -norm is deduced by interpolation postprocessing technique. Moreover, the extrapolation result with order O(h4 ) is derived by constructing a new interpolation postprocessing operator and extrapolation scheme based on the known asymptotic expansion formulas of EQ rot 1 element. Finally, optimal error estimate is gained for a proposed fully-discrete scheme by different approaches from the previous literature.     

Superconvergence analysis of a linearized three‐step backward differential formula finite element method for nonlinear Sobolev equation

A linearized three‐step backward differential formula (BDF) Galerkin finite element method (FEM) is developed for nonlinear Sobolev equation with bilinear element. Temporal error and spatial error are discussed through introducing a time‐discrete system. Solutions of the time‐discrete system are bounded in H²‐norm by the temporal error. Superconvergence results of order O(h² + τ³) in H¹‐norm for the original variable are deduced based on the spatial error. Some new tricks are utilized to get higher order of the temporal error and the spatial error. At last, two numerical examples are provided to support the theoretical analysis. Here, h is the subdivision parameter, and τ is the time step.     

Error estimates of H 1-Galerkin mixed finite element method for Schrödinger equation

An H^1-Galerkin mixed finite element method is discussed for a class of second order SchrSdinger equation. Optimal error estimates of semidiscrete schemes are derived for problems in one space dimension. At the same time, optimal error estimates are derived for fully discrete schemes. And it is showed that the H1-Galerkin mixed finite element approximations have the same rate of convergence as in the classical mixed finite element methods without requiring the LBB consistency condition.     

Superconvergence analysis and extrapolation of quasi-Wilson nonconforming finite element method for nonlinear Sobolev equations

Quasi-Wilson nonconforming finite element approximation for a class of nonlinear Sobolev equa-tions is discussed on rectangular meshes. We first prove that this element has two special characters by novel approaches. One is that (▽h ( u-Ihu )1, ▽hvh) h may be estimated as order O ( h2 ) when u ∈ H3 (Ω), where Ihu denotes the bilinear interpolation of u , vh is a polynomial belongs to quasi-Wilson finite element space and ▽h denotes the piecewise defined gradient operator, h is the mesh size tending to zero. The other is that the consistency error of this element is of order O ( h2 ) /O ( h3 ) in broken H 1-norm, which is one/two order higher than its interpolation error when u ∈ H3 (Ω) /H4 (Ω). Then we derive the optimal order error estimate and su- perclose property via mean-value method and the known high accuracy result of bilinear element. Furthermore, we deduce the global superconvergence through interpolation post processing technique. At last, an extrapola- tion result of order O ( h3 ), two order higher than traditional error estimate, is obtained by constructing a new suitable extrapolation scheme.     

Error estimates of H^1-Galerkin mixed finite element method for Schrodinger equation

An H1-Galerkin mixed finite element method is discussed for a class of second order SchrSdinger equation. Optimal error estimates of semidiscrete schemes are derived for problems in one space dimension. At the same time, optimal error estimates are derived for fully discrete schemes. And it is showed that the H1-Galerkin mixed finite element approximations have the same rate of convergence as in the classical mixed finite element methods without requiring the LBB consistency condition.     

Superconvergence analysis of finite element method for Poisson–Nernst–Planck equations

This article concerns with the superconvergence analysis of bilinear finite element method (FEM) for nonlinear Poisson–Nernst–Planck (PNP) equations. By employing high accuracy integral identities together with mean value technique, the superclose estimates in H¹‐norm are derived for the semi‐discrete and the backward Euler fully‐discrete schemes, which improve the suboptimal error estimate in L²‐norm in the previous literature. Furthermore, the global superconvergence results in H¹‐norm are obtained through interpolation postprocessing approach. Finally, a numerical example is provided to confirm the theoretical analysis.     

Superconvergence of mixed finite element semi-discretizations of two time-dependent problems

We will show that some of the superconvergence properties for the mixed finite element method for elliptic problems are preserved in the mixed semi-discretizations for a diffusion equation and for a Maxwell equation in two space dimensions. With the help of mixed elliptic projection we will present estimates global and pointwise in time. The results for the Maxwell equations form an extension of existing results. For both problems, our results imply that post-processing and a posteriori error estimation for the error in the space discretization can be performed in the same way as for the underlying elliptic problem.     

Superconvergence analysis of an energy stable scheme with three step backward differential formula-finite element method for nonlinear reaction–diffusion equation

A three step backward differential formula scheme is proposed for nonlinear reaction–diffusion equation and superconvergence results are studied with Galerkin finite element method unconditionally. Energy stability is testified for the constructed scheme with an artificial term. Splitting technique is utilized to get rid of the ratio between the time step size and the subdivision parameter . Temporal error estimate in H²-norm is derived, which leads to the boundedness of the solutions of the time-discrete equations. Unconditional spatial error estimate in L²-norm is deduced which help bound the numerical solutions in L^∞-norm. Superconvergent property of in H¹-norm with order is obtained by taking difference between two time levels of the error equations unconditionally. The global superconvergent property is deduced through the above results. Two numerical examples show the validity of the theoretical analysis.     

Superconvergence analysis of splitting positive definite nonconforming mixed finite element method for pseudo-hyperbolic equations

In this paper, a new splitting positive definite nonconforming mixed finite element method is proposed for pseudo-hyperbolic equations, in which a quasi-Wilson quadrilateral element is used for the flux p, and the bilinear element is used for u. Superconvergence results in ｜｜·｜｜div,h norm for p and optimal error estimates in L2 norm for u are derived for both semi-discrete and fully discrete schemes under almost uniform meshes.     

Unconditional superconvergence analysis of an H1‐galerkin mixed finite element method for nonlinear Sobolev equations

An efficient H¹‐Galerkin mixed finite element method (MFEM) is presented with and zero order Raviart‐Thomas elements for the nonlinear Sobolev equations. On one hand, the existence and uniqueness of the solutions of the semidiscrete approximation scheme are proved and the super close results of order for the original variable u in a broken H¹ norm and the auxiliary variable in norm are deduced without the boundedness of the numerical solution in ‐norm. Conversely, a linearized Crank‐Nicolson fully discrete scheme with the unconditional super close property is also developed through a new approach, while previous literature always require certain time step conditions (see the references below). Finally, a numerical experiment is included to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed method. Here h is the subdivision parameter and τ is the time step.     

Superconvergence of a discontinuous finite element method for a nonlinear ordinary differential equation

In this paper, n-degree discontinuous finite element method with interpolated coefficients for an initial value problem of nonlinear ordinary differential equation is introduced and analyzed. By using the finite element projection for an auxiliary linear problem as comparison function, an optimal superconvergence , at (n + 1)-order characteristic points in each element respectively is proved. Finally the theoretic results are tested by a numerical example.     

A sub-ODE method for generalized Gardner and BBM equation with nonlinear terms of any order

In this paper, a method with the aid of a sub-ODE and its solutions is used for constructing new periodic wave solutions for nonlinear Gardner equation and BBM equation with nonlinear terms of any order arising in mathematical physics. As a result, many exact traveling wave solutions are successfully obtained. The method in the paper is very direct and it can also be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations.     

Superconvergence of finite volume element method for a nonlinear elliptic problem

In this article, we consider the finite volume element method for the second‐order nonlinear elliptic problem and obtain the H¹ and W^1,∞ superconvergence estimates between the solution of the finite volume element method and that of the finite element method, which reveal that the finite volume element method is in close relationship with the finite element method. With these superconvergence estimates, we establish the L^p and W^1,p (2 < p ≤ ∞) error estimates for the finite volume element method for the second‐order nonlinear elliptic problem. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2007     

Unconditional Superconvergent Analysis of Quasi-Wilson Element for Benjamin-Bona-Mahoney Equation

This article aims to study the unconditional superconvergent behavior of nonconforming quadrilateral quasi-Wilson element for nonlinear Benjamin Bona Mahoney (BBM) equation. For the generalized rectangular meshes including rectangular mesh, deformed rectangular mesh and piecewise deformed rectangular mesh, by use of the special character of this element, that is, the conforming part (bilinear element) has high accuracy estimates on the generalized rectangular meshes and the consistency error can reach order $O(h^2)$, one order higher than its interpolation error, the superconvergent estimates with respect to mesh size $h$ are obtained in the broken $H^1$-norm for the semi-/ fully-discrete schemes. A striking ingredient is that the restrictions between mesh size $h$ and time step $\tau$ required in the previous works are removed. Finally, some numerical results are provided to confirm the theoretical analysis.