A Stabilizer Free Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for Elliptic Equation with Lower Regularity

A Stabilizer Free Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for Elliptic Equation with Lower Regularity

Year:    2024

Author:    Yiying Wang, Yongkui Zou, Xuan Liu, Chenguang Zhou

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 17 (2024), Iss. 2 : pp. 514–533

Abstract

This paper presents error analysis of a stabilizer free weak Galerkin finite element method (SFWG-FEM) for second-order elliptic equations with low regularity solutions. The standard error analysis of SFWG-FEM requires additional regularity on solutions, such as $H^2$-regularity for the second-order convergence. However, if the solutions are in $H^{1+s}$ with $0 < s < 1,$ numerical experiments show that the SFWG-FEM is also effective and stable with the $(1+s)$-order convergence rate, so we develop a theoretical analysis for it. We introduce a standard $H^2$ finite element approximation for the elliptic problem, and then we apply the SFWG-FEM to approach this smooth approximating finite element solution. Finally, we establish the error analysis for SFWG-FEM with low regularity in both discrete $H^1$-norm and standard $L^2$-norm. The $(P_k(T ), P_{k−1}(e), [P_{k+1}(T)]^d)$ elements with dimensions of space $d = 2, 3$ are employed and the numerical examples are tested to confirm the theory.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2023-0163

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 17 (2024), Iss. 2 : pp. 514–533

Published online:    2024-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    20

Keywords:    Stabilizer free weak Galerkin FEM weak gradient error estimate lower regularity second-order elliptic equation.

Author Details

Yiying Wang

Yongkui Zou

Xuan Liu

Chenguang Zhou