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Pointwise best approximation results for Galerkin finite element solutions of parabolic problems
In this paper we establish a best approximation property of fully discrete
Galerkin finite element solutions of second order parabolic problems on convex
polygonal and polyhedral domains in the norm. The discretization
method uses of continuous Lagrange finite elements in space and discontinuous
Galerkin methods in time of an arbitrary order. The method of proof differs
from the established fully discrete error estimate techniques and for the first
time allows to obtain such results in three space dimensions. It uses elliptic
results, discrete resolvent estimates in weighted norms, and the discrete
maximal parabolic regularity for discontinuous Galerkin methods established by
the authors in [16]. In addition, the proof does not require any relationship
between spatial mesh sizes and time steps. We also establish a local best
approximation property that shows a more local behavior of the error at a given
point
A posteriori error control for discontinuous Galerkin methods for parabolic problems
We derive energy-norm a posteriori error bounds for an Euler time-stepping
method combined with various spatial discontinuous Galerkin schemes for linear
parabolic problems. For accessibility, we address first the spatially
semidiscrete case, and then move to the fully discrete scheme by introducing
the implicit Euler time-stepping. All results are presented in an abstract
setting and then illustrated with particular applications. This enables the
error bounds to hold for a variety of discontinuous Galerkin methods, provided
that energy-norm a posteriori error bounds for the corresponding elliptic
problem are available. To illustrate the method, we apply it to the interior
penalty discontinuous Galerkin method, which requires the derivation of novel a
posteriori error bounds. For the analysis of the time-dependent problems we use
the elliptic reconstruction technique and we deal with the nonconforming part
of the error by deriving appropriate computable a posteriori bounds for it.Comment: 6 figure
An adaptive finite element method for laser surface hardening of steel problem
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A Frame Work for the Error Analysis of Discontinuous Finite Element Methods for Elliptic Optimal Control Problems and Applications to IP methods
In this article, an abstract framework for the error analysis of
discontinuous Galerkin methods for control constrained optimal control problems
is developed. The analysis establishes the best approximation result from a
priori analysis point of view and delivers reliable and efficient a posteriori
error estimators. The results are applicable to a variety of problems just
under the minimal regularity possessed by the well-posed ness of the problem.
Subsequently, applications of interior penalty methods for a boundary
control problem as well as a distributed control problem governed by the
biharmonic equation subject to simply supported boundary conditions are
discussed through the abstract analysis. Numerical experiments illustrate the
theoretical findings. Finally, we also discuss the variational discontinuous
discretization method (without discretizing the control) and its corresponding
error estimates.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figures, 1 tabl
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