A post-processed higher-order multiscale method for nondivergence-form elliptic equations

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Auteurs principaux: Hauck, Moritz, Maier, Roland, Sprekeler, Timo
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author Hauck, Moritz
Maier, Roland
Sprekeler, Timo
author_facet Hauck, Moritz
Maier, Roland
Sprekeler, Timo
contents We study the finite element approximation of linear second-order elliptic partial differential equations in nondivergence form with highly heterogeneous diffusion and drift coefficients. A generalized Cordes condition is imposed to guarantee that a suitably renormalized version of the nondivergence-form differential operator is near the Laplacian. Based on a stabilized symmetric formulation for the gradient that enables the use of $H^1$-conforming approximation spaces, we construct a multiscale method following the methodology of the localized orthogonal decomposition with coarse basis functions tailored to the heterogeneous coefficients. We employ a novel post-processing strategy to obtain higher-order convergence rates, overcoming previous limitations imposed by the low regularity of the load functional. Numerical experiments demonstrate the performance of the method.
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spellingShingle A post-processed higher-order multiscale method for nondivergence-form elliptic equations
Hauck, Moritz
Maier, Roland
Sprekeler, Timo
Numerical Analysis
65N12, 65N15, 65N30
We study the finite element approximation of linear second-order elliptic partial differential equations in nondivergence form with highly heterogeneous diffusion and drift coefficients. A generalized Cordes condition is imposed to guarantee that a suitably renormalized version of the nondivergence-form differential operator is near the Laplacian. Based on a stabilized symmetric formulation for the gradient that enables the use of $H^1$-conforming approximation spaces, we construct a multiscale method following the methodology of the localized orthogonal decomposition with coarse basis functions tailored to the heterogeneous coefficients. We employ a novel post-processing strategy to obtain higher-order convergence rates, overcoming previous limitations imposed by the low regularity of the load functional. Numerical experiments demonstrate the performance of the method.
title A post-processed higher-order multiscale method for nondivergence-form elliptic equations
topic Numerical Analysis
65N12, 65N15, 65N30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15144