A Nitsche-Based Element-Free Galerkin Method for Semilinear Elliptic Problems

A Nitsche-Based Element-Free Galerkin Method for Semilinear Elliptic Problems

Year:    2024

Author:    Tao Zhang, Xiaolin Li

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 16 (2024), Iss. 1 : pp. 24–46

Abstract

A Nitsche-based element-free Galerkin (EFG) method for solving semilinear elliptic problems is developed and analyzed in this paper. The existence and uniqueness of the weak solution for semilinear elliptic problems are proved based on a condition that the nonlinear term is an increasing Lipschitz continuous function of the unknown function. A simple iterative scheme is used to deal with the nonlinear integral term. We proved the existence, uniqueness and convergence of the weak solution sequence for continuous level of the simple iterative scheme. A commonly used assumption for approximate space, sometimes called inverse assumption, is proved. Optimal order error estimates in $L^2$ and $H^1$ norms are proved for the linear and semilinear elliptic problems. In the actual numerical calculation, the characteristic distance $h$ does not appear explicitly in the parameter $β$ introduced by the Nitsche method. The theoretical results are confirmed numerically.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.OA-2022-0019

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 16 (2024), Iss. 1 : pp. 24–46

Published online:    2024-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    23

Keywords:    Meshless method element-free Galerkin method Nitsche method semilinear elliptic problem error estimate.

Author Details

Tao Zhang

Xiaolin Li

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