Convergence of a semi-discretization scheme for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation: A new approach with the adjoint method

Filippo Cagnetti, Diogo A. Gomes, Hung Vinh Tran

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Abstract

We consider a numerical scheme for the one dimensional time dependent Hamilton-Jacobi equation in the periodic setting. This scheme consists in a semi-discretization using monotone approximations of the Hamiltonian in the spacial variable. From classical viscosity solution theory, these schemes are known to converge. In this paper we present a new approach to the study of the rate of convergence of the approximations based on the nonlinear adjoint method recently introduced by L.C. Evans. We estimate the rate of convergence for convex Hamiltonians and recover the O(h) convergence rate in terms of the L∞ norm and O(h) in terms of the L1 norm, where h is the size of the spacial grid. We discuss also possible generalizations to higher dimensional problems and present several other additional estimates. The special case of quadratic Hamiltonians is considered in detail in the end of the paper. © 2013 IMACS.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2-15
Number of pages14
JournalApplied Numerical Mathematics
Volume73
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis

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