Convergence and Stability of Discrete Exterior Calculus for the Hodge Laplace Problem in Two Dimensions

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Main Authors: Zhu, Chengbin, Christiansen, Snorre H., Hu, Kaibo, Hirani, Anil N.
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Published: 2025
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author Zhu, Chengbin
Christiansen, Snorre H.
Hu, Kaibo
Hirani, Anil N.
author_facet Zhu, Chengbin
Christiansen, Snorre H.
Hu, Kaibo
Hirani, Anil N.
contents We prove convergence and stability of the discrete exterior calculus (DEC) solutions for the Hodge-Laplace problems in two dimensions for families of meshes that are non-degenerate Delaunay and shape regular. We do this by relating the DEC solutions to the lowest order finite element exterior calculus (FEEC) solutions. A Poincaré inequality and a discrete inf-sup condition for DEC are part of this proof. We also prove that under appropriate geometric conditions on the mesh the DEC and FEEC norms are equivalent. Only one side of the norm equivalence is needed for proving stability and convergence and this allows us to relax the conditions on the meshes.
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spellingShingle Convergence and Stability of Discrete Exterior Calculus for the Hodge Laplace Problem in Two Dimensions
Zhu, Chengbin
Christiansen, Snorre H.
Hu, Kaibo
Hirani, Anil N.
Numerical Analysis
65N30
We prove convergence and stability of the discrete exterior calculus (DEC) solutions for the Hodge-Laplace problems in two dimensions for families of meshes that are non-degenerate Delaunay and shape regular. We do this by relating the DEC solutions to the lowest order finite element exterior calculus (FEEC) solutions. A Poincaré inequality and a discrete inf-sup condition for DEC are part of this proof. We also prove that under appropriate geometric conditions on the mesh the DEC and FEEC norms are equivalent. Only one side of the norm equivalence is needed for proving stability and convergence and this allows us to relax the conditions on the meshes.
title Convergence and Stability of Discrete Exterior Calculus for the Hodge Laplace Problem in Two Dimensions
topic Numerical Analysis
65N30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08966