Order Two Superconvergence of the CDG Finite Elements on Triangular and Tetrahedral Meshes

Order Two Superconvergence of the CDG Finite Elements on Triangular and Tetrahedral Meshes

Year:    2023

Author:    Xiu Ye, Shangyou Zhang

CSIAM Transactions on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4 (2023), Iss. 2 : pp. 256–274

Abstract

It is known that discontinuous finite element methods use more unknown variables but have the same convergence rate comparing to their continuous counterpart. In this paper, a novel conforming discontinuous Galerkin (CDG) finite element method is introduced for Poisson equation using discontinuous $P_k$ elements on triangular and tetrahedral meshes. Our new CDG method maximizes the potential of discontinuous $P_k$ element in order to improve the convergence rate. Superconvergence of order two for the CDG finite element solution is proved in an energy norm and in the $L^2$ norm. A local post-process is defined which lifts a $P_k$ CDG solution to a discontinuous $P_{k+2}$ solution. It is proved that the lifted $P_{k+2}$ solution converges at the optimal order. The numerical tests confirm the theoretic findings. Numerical comparison is provided in 2D and 3D, showing the $P_k$ CDG finite element is as good as the $P_{k+2}$ continuous Galerkin finite element.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/csiam-am.SO-2021-0051

CSIAM Transactions on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4 (2023), Iss. 2 : pp. 256–274

Published online:    2023-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    19

Keywords:    Finite element conforming discontinuous Galerkin method stabilizer free triangular grid tetrahedral grid.

Author Details

Xiu Ye

Shangyou Zhang