Local discontinuous Galerkin method for the integral fractional Laplacian

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Main Authors: Han, Rubing, Wu, Shuonan, Zhou, Hao
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author Han, Rubing
Wu, Shuonan
Zhou, Hao
author_facet Han, Rubing
Wu, Shuonan
Zhou, Hao
contents We develop and analyze a local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method for solving integral fractional Laplacian problems on bounded Lipschitz domains. The method is based on a three-field mixed formulation involving the primal variable, its gradient, and the corresponding Riesz potential, yielding a flux-based structure well suited for LDG discretizations while retaining the intrinsic nonlocal interaction. A key ingredient of our analysis is a rigorous study of the weighted Hölder and Sobolev regularity of the Riesz potential, which enables accurate characterization of boundary singularities. Guided by these regularity results, we propose LDG schemes on quasi-uniform and graded meshes, with additional stabilization in the graded case to reconcile the discrepancy between the discrete spaces for the Riesz potential and flux fields. Optimal a priori error estimates are established, and numerical experiments corroborate the theoretical results.
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spellingShingle Local discontinuous Galerkin method for the integral fractional Laplacian
Han, Rubing
Wu, Shuonan
Zhou, Hao
Numerical Analysis
65N15, 65N30, 35B65
We develop and analyze a local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method for solving integral fractional Laplacian problems on bounded Lipschitz domains. The method is based on a three-field mixed formulation involving the primal variable, its gradient, and the corresponding Riesz potential, yielding a flux-based structure well suited for LDG discretizations while retaining the intrinsic nonlocal interaction. A key ingredient of our analysis is a rigorous study of the weighted Hölder and Sobolev regularity of the Riesz potential, which enables accurate characterization of boundary singularities. Guided by these regularity results, we propose LDG schemes on quasi-uniform and graded meshes, with additional stabilization in the graded case to reconcile the discrepancy between the discrete spaces for the Riesz potential and flux fields. Optimal a priori error estimates are established, and numerical experiments corroborate the theoretical results.
title Local discontinuous Galerkin method for the integral fractional Laplacian
topic Numerical Analysis
65N15, 65N30, 35B65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12200