Optimal convergence of local discontinuous Galerkin methods for convection-diffusion equations
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| author | Liu, Wenjie Xie, Ruiyi Wang, Li-Lian Zhang, Zhimin |
| author_facet | Liu, Wenjie Xie, Ruiyi Wang, Li-Lian Zhang, Zhimin |
| contents | The $hp$ local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method proposed by Castillo et al. [Math. Comp.,~71 (238): 455-478, 2002] has been shown to be an efficient approach for solving convection-diffusion equations. However, theoretical analysis indicates that, for solutions with limited spatial regularity, the method exhibits suboptimal convergence in $p$, suffering a loss of one order, comparing to numerical experiments. The purpose of this paper is to close the gap between theoretical estimates and numerical evidence. This is accomplished by establishing new approximation results for the associated Gauss-Radau projections of functions in suitable function spaces that can optimally characterize the regularity of singular solutions. We show that such a framework arises aturally and enables the study of various types of singular solutions, with full consistency between theoretical analysis and numerical results. This investigation sheds light on the resolution of the suboptimality in $p$ observed in the literature for several other types of DG schemes in different settings. |
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| spellingShingle | Optimal convergence of local discontinuous Galerkin methods for convection-diffusion equations Liu, Wenjie Xie, Ruiyi Wang, Li-Lian Zhang, Zhimin Numerical Analysis 41A10, 41A25, 65M60, 65N30 The $hp$ local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method proposed by Castillo et al. [Math. Comp.,~71 (238): 455-478, 2002] has been shown to be an efficient approach for solving convection-diffusion equations. However, theoretical analysis indicates that, for solutions with limited spatial regularity, the method exhibits suboptimal convergence in $p$, suffering a loss of one order, comparing to numerical experiments. The purpose of this paper is to close the gap between theoretical estimates and numerical evidence. This is accomplished by establishing new approximation results for the associated Gauss-Radau projections of functions in suitable function spaces that can optimally characterize the regularity of singular solutions. We show that such a framework arises aturally and enables the study of various types of singular solutions, with full consistency between theoretical analysis and numerical results. This investigation sheds light on the resolution of the suboptimality in $p$ observed in the literature for several other types of DG schemes in different settings. |
| title | Optimal convergence of local discontinuous Galerkin methods for convection-diffusion equations |
| topic | Numerical Analysis 41A10, 41A25, 65M60, 65N30 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03847 |