Nodal Coarsening and Sparse Ideal Interpolation for H(curl) Problems in Algebraic Multigrid

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Hauptverfasser: Shen, Taoli, Brannick, James, Falgout, Robert, Kahl, Karsten, Schroder, Jacob
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author Shen, Taoli
Brannick, James
Falgout, Robert
Kahl, Karsten
Schroder, Jacob
author_facet Shen, Taoli
Brannick, James
Falgout, Robert
Kahl, Karsten
Schroder, Jacob
contents We propose a sparse interpolation construction and a practical coarsening algorithm for the algebraic multigrid (AMG) method, tailored towards H(curl). Building on the generalized AMG framework, we introduce an interior/exterior splitting that yields both a refinement-based and a fully algebraic construction of the interpolation. The refinement-based approach follows geometric hierarchy, while the purely algebraic interpolation is constructed through a coarsening process that first coarsens a nodal dual problem and then builds coarse and fine variables using a matching algorithm. We establish the weak approximation property and the commuting relation under certain assumptions. Combined with matching block smoothers, the proposed interpolation yields an effective algebraic multilevel method. Numerical experiments show robustness under strong coefficient jumps, where the proposed methods substantially outperform standard geometric multigrid.
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spellingShingle Nodal Coarsening and Sparse Ideal Interpolation for H(curl) Problems in Algebraic Multigrid
Shen, Taoli
Brannick, James
Falgout, Robert
Kahl, Karsten
Schroder, Jacob
Numerical Analysis
We propose a sparse interpolation construction and a practical coarsening algorithm for the algebraic multigrid (AMG) method, tailored towards H(curl). Building on the generalized AMG framework, we introduce an interior/exterior splitting that yields both a refinement-based and a fully algebraic construction of the interpolation. The refinement-based approach follows geometric hierarchy, while the purely algebraic interpolation is constructed through a coarsening process that first coarsens a nodal dual problem and then builds coarse and fine variables using a matching algorithm. We establish the weak approximation property and the commuting relation under certain assumptions. Combined with matching block smoothers, the proposed interpolation yields an effective algebraic multilevel method. Numerical experiments show robustness under strong coefficient jumps, where the proposed methods substantially outperform standard geometric multigrid.
title Nodal Coarsening and Sparse Ideal Interpolation for H(curl) Problems in Algebraic Multigrid
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23613