Convergence Rates of AFEM with H −1 Data

Albert Cohen, Ronald DeVore, Ricardo H. Nochetto

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Abstract

This paper studies adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs), based on piecewise linear elements and newest vertex bisection, for solving second order elliptic equations with piecewise constant coefficients on a polygonal domain Ω⊂ℝ2. The main contribution is to build algorithms that hold for a general right-hand side f∈H-1(Ω). Prior work assumes almost exclusively that f∈L2(Ω). New data indicators based on local H-1 norms are introduced, and then the AFEMs are based on a standard bulk chasing strategy (or Dörfler marking) combined with a procedure that adapts the mesh to reduce these new indicators. An analysis of our AFEM is given which establishes a contraction property and optimal convergence rates N-s with 0
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)671-718
Number of pages48
JournalFoundations of Computational Mathematics
Volume12
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 29 2012
Externally publishedYes

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