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Main Authors: Hu, Qiya, Luo, Yuhan
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05637
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author Hu, Qiya
Luo, Yuhan
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Luo, Yuhan
contents It is known that the weighted $L^2$ projection operator exhibits approximation properties different from those of the classical $L^2$ projection, in the sense that the $L^2$ error of the weighted $L^2$ projection of an $H^1$ function generally cannot be bounded by the $H^1$ semi-norm of the function. In this paper, we establish sharper $L^2$ error estimates for the weighted $L^2$ projection of an $H^1$ function under general weight distributions. These new estimates show that the $L^2$ errors of the weighted $L^2$ projection can be controlled by the $H^1$ semi-norm of the function, except when the weight distribution is highly irregular, such as those resembling a ``checkerboard" pattern. These results can be applied to more refined analyses of domain decomposition methods and multigrid methods for certain partial differential equations with large jump coefficients.
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spellingShingle New error estimates of the weighted $L^2$ projections
Hu, Qiya
Luo, Yuhan
Numerical Analysis
It is known that the weighted $L^2$ projection operator exhibits approximation properties different from those of the classical $L^2$ projection, in the sense that the $L^2$ error of the weighted $L^2$ projection of an $H^1$ function generally cannot be bounded by the $H^1$ semi-norm of the function. In this paper, we establish sharper $L^2$ error estimates for the weighted $L^2$ projection of an $H^1$ function under general weight distributions. These new estimates show that the $L^2$ errors of the weighted $L^2$ projection can be controlled by the $H^1$ semi-norm of the function, except when the weight distribution is highly irregular, such as those resembling a ``checkerboard" pattern. These results can be applied to more refined analyses of domain decomposition methods and multigrid methods for certain partial differential equations with large jump coefficients.
title New error estimates of the weighted $L^2$ projections
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05637