Unified a Priori Error Estimate and a Posteriori Error Estimate of CIP-FEM for Elliptic Equations

Unified a Priori Error Estimate and a Posteriori Error Estimate of CIP-FEM for Elliptic Equations

Year:    2016

Author:    Jianye Wang, Rui Ma

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 8 (2016), Iss. 4 : pp. 517–535

Abstract

This paper is devoted to a unified a priori and a posteriori error analysis of CIP-FEM (continuous interior penalty finite element method) for second-order elliptic problems. Compared with the classic a priori error analysis in literature, our technique can easily apply for any type regularity assumption on the exact solution, especially for the case of lower $H^{1+s}$ weak regularity under consideration, where 0 ≤$s$≤ 1/2. Because of the penalty term used in the CIP-FEM, Galerkin orthogonality is lost and Céa Lemma for conforming finite element methods can not be applied immediately when 0≤$s$≤1/2. To overcome this difficulty, our main idea is introducing an auxiliary $C^1$ finite element space in the analysis of the penalty term. The same tool is also utilized in the explicit a posteriori error analysis of CIP-FEM.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.2014.m834

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 8 (2016), Iss. 4 : pp. 517–535

Published online:    2016-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    19

Keywords:    Finite element methods continuous interior penalty priori error estimate posteriori error analysis.

Author Details

Jianye Wang

Rui Ma