Regularity and multigrid analysis for Laplace-type axisymmetric equations

Li, Hengguang

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-2014-02879-2

Regularity and multigrid analysis for Laplace-type axisymmetric equations
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Abstract:

Consider axisymmetric equations associated with Laplace-type operators. We establish full regularity estimates in high-order Kondrat$’$ve-type spaces for possible singular solutions due to the non-smoothness of the domain and to the singular coefficients in the operator. Then, we show suitable graded meshes can be used in high-order finite element methods to achieve the optimal convergence rate, even when the solution is singular. Using these results, we further propose multigrid V-cycle algorithms solving the system from linear finite element discretizations on optimal graded meshes. We prove the multigrid algorithm is a contraction, with the contraction number independent of the mesh level. Numerical tests are provided to verify the theorem.

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