Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element Discretization

We apply a lumped mass finite element to approximate Dirichlet problems for nonsmooth elliptic equations. It is proved that the lumped mass FEM approximation error in energy norm is the same as that of standard piecewise linear finite element approximation. Under the quasi-uniform mesh condition a...

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Main Authors: Haixiong Yu, Jinping Zeng
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/549305
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description We apply a lumped mass finite element to approximate Dirichlet problems for nonsmooth elliptic equations. It is proved that the lumped mass FEM approximation error in energy norm is the same as that of standard piecewise linear finite element approximation. Under the quasi-uniform mesh condition and the maximum angle condition, we show that the operator in the finite element problem is diagonally isotone and off-diagonally antitone. Therefore, some monotone convergent algorithms can be used. As an example, we prove that the nonsmooth Newton-like algorithm is convergent monotonically if Gauss-Seidel iteration is used to solve the Newton's equations iteratively. Some numerical experiments are presented.
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spelling doaj-art-c1a15dd38a7a46b1b2fd28da815bce902025-02-03T05:45:12ZengWileyAbstract and Applied Analysis1085-33751687-04092014-01-01201410.1155/2014/549305549305Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element DiscretizationHaixiong Yu0Jinping Zeng1College of Science, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang 330099, ChinaCollege of Computer, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523000, ChinaWe apply a lumped mass finite element to approximate Dirichlet problems for nonsmooth elliptic equations. It is proved that the lumped mass FEM approximation error in energy norm is the same as that of standard piecewise linear finite element approximation. Under the quasi-uniform mesh condition and the maximum angle condition, we show that the operator in the finite element problem is diagonally isotone and off-diagonally antitone. Therefore, some monotone convergent algorithms can be used. As an example, we prove that the nonsmooth Newton-like algorithm is convergent monotonically if Gauss-Seidel iteration is used to solve the Newton's equations iteratively. Some numerical experiments are presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/549305
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Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element Discretization
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title Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element Discretization
title_full Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element Discretization
title_fullStr Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element Discretization
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element Discretization
title_short Numerical Solutions to Nonsmooth Dirichlet Problems Based on Lumped Mass Finite Element Discretization
title_sort numerical solutions to nonsmooth dirichlet problems based on lumped mass finite element discretization
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