A practical finite element approximation of a semi-definite Neumann problem on a curved domain
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A practical finite element approximation of a semi-definite Neumann problem on a curved domain
zbMATH Open document ID: 0617.65110
DOI: 10.1007/BF01399693
author: John W. Barrett
author: Charles M. Elliott
published in: Numerische Mathematik
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/133183
review text: In this very interesting paper the authors consider a finite element approximation of the semi-definite Neumann problem: \(-\nabla \cdot (\sigma \nabla u)=f\) in a curved domain \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}}^ n\) \((n=2\) or 3), \(\sigma (\partial u/\partial v)=g\) on \(\partial \Omega\) and \(\int_{\Omega}udx=q\), a given constant, for data f and g satisfying the compatibility condition \(\int_{\Omega}fdx+\int_{\partial \Omega}gds=0\). Due to perturbation of domain errors \((\Omega \to \Omega^ h)\) the standard Galerkin approximation to the above problem may not have a solution. A remedy is to perturb the right hand side so that a discrete form of the compatibility condition holds. The authors show that for a finite element space defined over \(D^ h\), a union of elements, with approximation power \(h^ k\) in the \(L^ 2\) norm and with \(dist(\Omega,\Omega^ h)\leq Ch^ k\), one obtains optimal rates of convergence in the \(H^ 1\) and \(L^ 2\) norms whether \(\Omega^ h\) is fitted \((\Omega^ h\equiv D^ h)\) or unfitted \((\Omega^ h\subset D^ h)\) provided the numerical integration scheme has sufficient accuracy.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65N30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35J25
zbMATH DE Number: 4001397
zbMATH Keywords: finite element
zbMATH Keywords: semi-definite Neumann problem
zbMATH Keywords: Galerkin approximation
zbMATH Keywords: compatibility condition
zbMATH Keywords: optimal rates of convergence
reviewed by: P. Neittaanmäki
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4001397