Multigrid Methods with Newton-Gauss-Seidel Smoothing and Constraint Preserving Interpolation for Obstacle Problems

Multigrid Methods with Newton-Gauss-Seidel Smoothing and Constraint Preserving Interpolation for Obstacle Problems

Year:    2015

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 8 (2015), Iss. 2 : pp. 199–219

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a multigrid algorithm based on the full approximate scheme for solving the membrane constrained obstacle problems and the minimal surface obstacle problems in the formulations of HJB equations. A Newton-Gauss-Seidel (NGS) method is used as smoother. A Galerkin coarse grid operator is proposed for the membrane constrained obstacle problem. Comparing with standard FAS with the direct discretization coarse grid operator, the FAS with the proposed operator converges faster. A special prolongation operator is used to interpolate functions accurately from the coarse grid to the fine grid at the boundary between the active and inactive sets. We will demonstrate the fast convergence of the proposed multigrid method for solving two model obstacle problems and compare the results with other multigrid methods.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.2015.w08si

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 8 (2015), Iss. 2 : pp. 199–219

Published online:    2015-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    21

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